Hey all,
I’m helping a friend finish work on his house which was just raised a couple of feet.
The new enclosed wooden front stairs have standard treads and risers (fir treads, preprimed wood risers), but the bottom two steps are concrete, poured with the slab. I noticed that the concrete steps were poured lower and shorter than the rest, apparently to accomodate the installation of treads (risers won’t be needed). The other steps were built kind of slapdash, screwed through the top to the stringers and patched with Bondo.
My question: how best to fasten the treads to the concrete, and will there be drainage/warping issues? I usually run treads with the annular rings curved down and a few parallel cuts along the bottom to prevent cupping. My inclination would be to fasten them as if they were over regular stringers, anchored only on the ends and in the middle. If Construction adhesive is used, it would be just around the fasteners so as not to block drainage underneath.
The steps will be painted so I guess we could use a non wooden material, but I’d be worried that they’d wear differently and might not take paint as well.
Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?
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