How to Install Wood on Floating Stairs

Without skirting and rails, your stairway takes on a lightweight, “floating” quality. Over time and use, the steps of floating stairs can grow worn or outdated. If the current steps do not fit with the design or décor of your interior space, install new, wooden steps. Manufacturers sell replacement wooden steps for their floating stairs, or you can make your own by cutting them out of a hardwood of your choice.

Wrench (optional)
Drill
Pencil
Tape measure
3/4-inch wood screws

Instructions

- 1
  Back out the screws or remove the bolts under the steps, which hold the existing treads to the tread supports. Remove the old treads from the stairs.
- 2
  Set the wooden replacement steps onto the tread support. Center the steps, measuring from the wall to make sure they all line up. Position the back edge of the steps against the axial stair support beam.
- 3
  Mark the screw holes through the tread supports on the bottom of the new steps.
- 4
  Remove the steps to drill pilot holes in the bottoms. Use a drill bit with a slightly smaller diameter than the screws.
- 5
  Replace the steps onto the tread supports, lining up the holes in the tread supports with the pilot holes in the steps. Drive screws through the tread supports and into the steps to secure the steps in place.

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