Stairs take more daily wear than almost any other surface in a home, and they need to be planned as their own piece of a flooring project rather than an afterthought once the main floors are done. Sunshine Flooring & Remodeling installs stair flooring throughout the Houston area, coordinated with your main flooring material and finish.
Stair Flooring Options
Stairs can be finished in hardwood, engineered hardwood, or, on some staircases, LVP designed for stair use, depending on the product and the stair’s construction. Not every flooring product is rated or practical for stair installation, so the right option depends on what you’re using for the surrounding floors and what the stair itself allows.
Treads and Risers
Treads are the horizontal surfaces you step on; risers are the vertical faces between steps. Both can be finished to match your flooring, and the combination affects both appearance and how the stair holds up to daily traffic.
Nosing
Stair nosing — the rounded edge at the front of each tread — needs to be sized and installed correctly for both appearance and everyday safety, since it’s the part of the stair that takes the most direct wear and the most contact with feet.
Matching Your Existing Floors
For stairs connecting to hardwood or LVP flooring, matching species, color, and finish sheen between the stairs and the adjoining rooms makes for a more cohesive result. We’ll factor in what’s already installed, or planned, on the floors the stairs connect to.
Safety and Code Coordination
Stair work involves safety and code considerations — tread depth, riser height, and nosing projection, among others — that go beyond a typical flat-floor installation. We coordinate stair flooring work with these requirements rather than treating it as a purely cosmetic project.
Trim and Skirting
Stair skirting (the trim along the sides of an open staircase) and other trim details need to be finished to match the stair treads and risers for a clean, complete look.
What Affects the Cost of Stair Flooring
Stair projects are priced differently than open floor area because of the individual cuts, nosing, and finish work each step requires. Cost depends on the number of steps, the material chosen, whether risers are also being finished, and how the stairs connect to the surrounding flooring. We provide project-specific quotes after assessing your staircase.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you match my stairs to my existing hardwood floors?
Often, yes — we’ll assess your existing flooring’s species, color, and finish to get as close a match as realistically possible.
Can LVP be installed on stairs?
Some LVP products are designed and rated for stair use with proper nosing; not all are. We’ll confirm whether your chosen product is appropriate for stairs before installation.
How long does stair flooring take to install?
It depends on the number of steps, the material, and whether risers are included. We’ll give you a project-specific timeline as part of your estimate.
Examples of Our Stair Flooring Work
A sample of stair flooring — including work in progress — from completed Sunshine Flooring & Remodeling projects.
Ready to Talk About Stair Flooring?
Contact Sunshine Flooring & Remodeling for a project-specific assessment of your staircase. See our hardwood flooring installation and LVP flooring installation pages for more on the materials we work with, our flooring cost guide for pricing factors including stairs, or head back to our flooring services overview.