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Stair Tread Moldings for
Hardwood Steps
(finishing off the corners under
the treads & riser-stringer interface, using specific
stair tread moldings designed for the job)
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Stair Tread Moldings: Standard
Tread
- installed under tread, down riser |
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1. If you have an open stair tread with a finished end, but
no return (see styles
here) then you will need to add a trim under the edge
of the tread and down the corner between the riser & stringer.
We typically suggest using #1510 Panel Mldg.
2. If you've added a false stringer on the outside edge this
is also a great trim to finish off the bottom edge.
If the edge is uneven #1510 can be rabbeted 1/4" deep
to overlap sheet 
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Stair Tread Mouldings:
- Standard Tread
- installed on riser face, down stringer-riser intersection |
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A small panel moulding #1520  is
used to face trim between the upper stair tread nosing and
the tread below.
After you have installed the small trim under the tread &
down the riser as shown above, often the front edge of the
riser still needs to be covered to hide the connection between
the plywood riser and trim #1510 installed as suggested above..
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Stair Tread
Moldings: Returned Tread
- installed down stringer-riser corner |
Moulding #1732 
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With a returned
tread, the molding does not extend below the wood stair
tread, it only goes between the upper tread nosing and step
below, to cover the corner between the stringer and the riser,
where plywood sheeting has been used.
Made with a notch 1/4" x 1/2". Can be oriented
in whichever direction you need to cover the most wood.
or 
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Stair Tread Moldings: - Returned
Tread
- installed under the tread, optional |
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Moulding #1511 
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Precut in lengths of 10 1/4" , with mitred ends for "no
fuss" installation. Add a bit of glue and tack it into
place, butted tight up to the corner moulding & underside
of step..
That's it! you have a finished end, professionally installed
with no fussy mitre cutting. This is one of the advantages
of a "returned
stair tread"
Molding is unnecessary if drywall is clean to the underside
of the tread.
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Stair Tread Moldings: Door
Stop
- for Inside Corner of Riser, in wall to wall installation |
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Typically use a piece of colonial door stop #1500 
for this application.
This trim is only necessary if you find you have a gap where
the plywood riser meets with the stringer in the left corner.
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| Stair Tread Moldings: Stringer
Cap |
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If you have a stringer showing, as in the picture above,
you'll need to purchase a moulding to cap the exposed raw
lumber. The easiest choice is using moulding #4240 
It is designed for a stringer that sits in the middle of
a room and needs to be faced on both sides, so a slight modification
is necessary.
Trim off one edge as shown in the top drawing, to accommodate
this application.
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