Alder Stair Treads
(stair treads, Hardwood:- Alder stair treads to match your alder wood flooring )

These alder treads, are guaranteed to be laminated and sanded to a quality finish, bullnosed on the front edge, and/or 1 or 2 ends according to your needs. We have invested heavily in industrial planning and sanding equipment to handle even the toughest exotic woods, so Alder wood isn't even a challenge.

Thus only minimal sanding is required before you apply the final stain and finish of your choice.

Like the hardwood flooring, knotty alder lumber tends to have a few small tight knots, as suggested, consistent with what I have seen in alder wood plank flooring. Knotty alder grade tending to be what is sold most often ..

This was our first attempt at making Alder stair treads.

These treads were abused with a bicycle sprocket, hammer and chain, spray painted with black tremclad paint, then resanded to distress the surface and leaving paint only in the dents.

They were designed to match a 3" alder wood plank flooring from Antique Impressions, imported by Creative@Home Inc., Vancouver. (see below)

Photo: Hardwood Flooring: Knotty Alder

Alder wood is typically only available in 1" rough lumber, thus ending up with 7/8" thick treads (not the standard 1" thickness). Very straight grain structure, with a number of small tight 1/2" knots common in this species. Rustic Grade Birch Plywood was used for the risers in the picture above.

Alder wood texture is quite stringy thus requiring extra sanding after grain raise on first application of finish.

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