Remodel your ugly carpeted stairs to beautiful hardwood with the retrotread.
Stair tread return width.
Use retrotread return nosing to create a mitered return on open treads being remodeled with retrotreads.
These stair treads provide exceptional quality and a superior appearance.
Simply tear away your old carpet and install the retrotread.
These dimensions may be useful when laying out a staircase or if you have general questions about the size and shape of a traditional tread or a retro tread.
Width refers to the distance between the left and right sides of the tread not including the returned edging material 1 per side with edging.
Here is a drawing detailing our standard stair tread and riser dimensions.
Do not include the returns as part of the double return tread measurement.
Stair treads are colored matched to perfection to give your stairs a unified appearance with edges glued to 11 1 2 width with a 150 grit sanded finish on both sides.
Standard stair tread dimensions.
Retrotread return nosing is reversible for placement on right or left hand open treads.
Double return stair treads have a mitered return on both the left and right ends.
Retrotread return nosing matches nosing profile on retrotreads.
Double return stair treads are always measured by the throat dimension the length between the two mitered returns.
Because the mitered returns are both 1 wide the overall width of a double return stair tread will always be 2.
Double return stair tread.
The length of a tread is always determined by measuring the overall length of box treads and single return treads.
Designed for easy installation.
For example a tread with a double return will have an overall width 2 wider than the number indicated in the width column above.
Double return treads are measured by the throat length.
From the original questioner they are 10 1 2 wide treads with a 1 1 2 return.
Wider nosing hides imperfections in existing stairway.