Hello all,
I’m finishing the 2nd floor of my home and have added another layer of sub-floor, radiant panels and still have to add another 3/8″ to 3/4″ of finish flooring to add on top of the climate panel. To date I have added 1-1/8″ prior to the finish floor.
How do I alter the stairs so that I can have the same size risers?
Thanks in advance, Turtleboy
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Depends how they are built now, but probably rebuild them.
If you just shim them all up that amount, they will be wrong at the bottom. Assuming thirteen risers, you will end up adding close to an eighth to the riser size.
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well, short of recutting your stringers..
assume you have 13 treads... and before you started they were all equal risers..
take the total change.. ( let's say 2") and divide by 13..
one tread will get a 1/13 shim.. the next a 2/13 shim... the next a 3/13 shim and so forth...
you may find that 1/4 " plywood shims and const. adhesive will do the trick..
you'll probably have to cut new risers
hows tricks , other wise ?
Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
If its 2" over 13 steps isn't that a 5/32 adjustment/shim to each?
no.... it's either a diminishing shim or an increasing shim.. it's not constant.. all of the change occurred at one end ( i think turtle raised his 2d floor )Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Got it.
Thanks