Staircase Refinishing
Treads, risers, rails, landings, and floor transitions treated as one architectural feature.
Plan this project
Decide what touches the finish before choosing the finish.
A staircase connects multiple floors and sightlines. Refinishing or rebuilding it means resolving tread condition, nosing, risers, rail and baluster work, landings, color match, and the transition to adjacent flooring.
- ✓Refinish, reface, or replace
- ✓Tread and riser condition
- ✓Rail, baluster, and guard changes
- ✓Color relationship to adjacent floors
From first walkthrough to closeout.
Identify what can stay
The structure, treads, risers, skirts, rails, and landings are reviewed separately before the scope is set.
Build a finish sample
Wood species, sanding response, stain, paint, and nearby flooring should be compared before the full staircase is committed.
Protect circulation
The schedule should explain access, cure time, temporary closures, dust control, and when the stairs can be used.
Portfolio presentation details.
Presentation remasters based on FGM's current-site portfolio sources. Final representation approval is pending from FGM.
Questions worth asking early.
Often, yes, when the structure and visible wood are suitable. Carpet removal, damage, paint, veneer, tread thickness, and rail changes affect the answer.
They should relate deliberately, but an exact match may not be possible across different species, ages, and finish systems. A prepared sample is more useful than a small swatch.
Yes, if the scope accounts for guard height, spacing, anchorage, trim repair, and local code requirements.
Ready to plan staircase refinishing?
Share the room, current condition, and what you want to change. The preview form helps organize the conversation without transmitting a lead.
Start the project brief