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I am pulling out my carpet and installing laminate flooring. I am also redoing the stairs in laminate for the treads and painted white boards for the risers. My house is a split level, built in the late 70s.
I wanted to start on the stairs first, thinking they would be the most work. Today I stripped the stairs and wasnt happy with what I found. I found two split treads, and upon further investigation I found less than perfect stringers. The treads aren't actually resting on the stringers, they are resting on the pressed board risers. I took a square to the cuts on the stringers and they aren't very square. There are 6 stairs to the landing.
I am troubled with what i should do to make these stairs adequate to lay down the laminate. I am definitely going to replace the cracked treads and also the bottom tread because I will be repositioning the newel post. Should I just replace these three treads and be done with it? Should I remove all the treads and shim them so they are not resting on the risers as much? Or should I got all out and pull everything out and start fresh with new everything? What is necessary and what is the minimum I can get away with.
I've owned my house for a year and half now and I'd consider myself an above average DIY'er and have a pretty well supplied arsenal of tools. I don't have a lot of experience with framing or construction but and not afraid to tackle something new, I am also not afraid of work. I am afraid the best solution is to rebuild the stairs but I do not want to do unnecessary work if I dont have to. Thanks for any help
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I wanted to start on the stairs first, thinking they would be the most work. Today I stripped the stairs and wasnt happy with what I found. I found two split treads, and upon further investigation I found less than perfect stringers. The treads aren't actually resting on the stringers, they are resting on the pressed board risers. I took a square to the cuts on the stringers and they aren't very square. There are 6 stairs to the landing.
I am troubled with what i should do to make these stairs adequate to lay down the laminate. I am definitely going to replace the cracked treads and also the bottom tread because I will be repositioning the newel post. Should I just replace these three treads and be done with it? Should I remove all the treads and shim them so they are not resting on the risers as much? Or should I got all out and pull everything out and start fresh with new everything? What is necessary and what is the minimum I can get away with.
I've owned my house for a year and half now and I'd consider myself an above average DIY'er and have a pretty well supplied arsenal of tools. I don't have a lot of experience with framing or construction but and not afraid to tackle something new, I am also not afraid of work. I am afraid the best solution is to rebuild the stairs but I do not want to do unnecessary work if I dont have to. Thanks for any help

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