anyone got wooden sanded stairs?

[hophophippidtyhop]

Had a peek under the carpet corner in the hall, and they look good for sanding and varnishing, but what to do about the stairs? Do you leave them carpeted and what happens when you get to the landing? I then have a small landing ( 5/6 foot by 2ish wide) and stairs to the room in what was the loft. Where do you stop standing and start carpeting? Is it mega noisy to have wooden stairs/pain in the arse to sand them. How about a stair runner?
Sorry for all the questions!

The only person I know with wooden sanded and varnished stairs is my neighbour.

TBH although they look lovely, they are lethal. Neighbour lives on her own and doesn't have children so doesn't have to worry about them falling or slipping however her step-mum recently slipped and broke her ankle on them.

We have varnished floorboards in the hall and then the stairs and landing are carpeted which looks great. You can also get some gorgeous stair runners if you want to have part of the wood of the stairs showing

I'm glad you've said that, dp thinks if we do the hall to do the stairs too, but I think it would be hell trying to sand them! We're not the best diyers by a long shot, but I thought I could mange the hallway maybe, but not the stairs!

We have wooden stairs, but have a runner down the middle.

We have wooden stairs - open plan 60's style and then wooden paddle stairs into the loft - yes they are noisy and I wouldn't recommend them!

We have wooden stairs with a runner up the middle. The runner continues along the landing and up the next set of stairs. It's fixed securely with stair rods. We didn't fit it but it looks like it was done professionally as the corners are all cut and joined very neatly.

we have wooden stairs. VERY NOISY!!!!!

nightmare to keep clean

im having them carpeted soon
black sparkly long pile

When we hired a sander for a bedroom, they chucked in a little one for the edges which would also do for stairs. You might get the same if you are hiring for hall?

Long-term plan for our stairs is to sand and paint (so need to be less fastidious about quality of sanding) then runner to avoid slippiness.

oo heathen, may I hijack and ask whether it's very hard to sand a bedroom?

Me and DH are going to have a go soon and I'm not sure how much to worry about mess and so on.

Mmmm... not that hard... FIL kindly helped us as he is very capable, and basically ran the show, DH & I in charge of passing tools

It took a few days I think, had to remove all carpet and grippers, hammer down all nails, wrap the radiator 'legs' to avoid accidents... then repeated sanding with different grades paper, then varnishing.

The sander we hired came with a dustbag though, so mess not too bad. Overall, better result and cheaper than the room downstairs that we got blokes in to do. Though without FIL's help, that may not have been the case...!

oo thank you.

Would it be very rude to ask how much the sander cost? (We literally haven't researched this at ALL as you may be able to tell).

Black sparkly long pile? Sound delicious.

Wouldnt go in my house though. Would have to be pink sparkly long pile

Heaven.

have sanded stairs, with a carpet runner down the middle (saved me having to sand the whole of each step too), and then fitted carpet on landed. It's nice. Nicer than fitted. Took a long time - but keeps noise down.

theyoungvisiter think we used HSS? They have instruction leaflets on there too.
Looks like mini sander wasn't free, I lied, we must have paid extra for it.

you're a star, thanks.

We are planning the same as Heathen, eventually ... Wanted plain varnished wood but concerned about noise, slippage and having to do a decent job on the sanding!

I have to say that sanding my own bedroom floor was a bloody nightmare, but then I was doing it entirely on my own, DH being just a twinkle on t'internet at that point, and after a night shift The thing weighs a sodding ton, then you have to start it up and lower it to the floor unbelievably slowly so as not to break the paper, which invariably happens about 90% of the time then you have to turn it off again and faff around with changing the paper for ten minutes. Argh. Not a good experience for me, possibly better with more people/experienced DIYers. Also tape a sheet across the door if you can or the dust goes everywhere. Plus it is quite exciting when the sawdust keeps bursting into flame and little tongues of fire shoot across the floor :)

We have sanded stairs. The thick, flaking old Edwardian paint had to go, and it was in a state underneath, so DH planed it down to a new surface before coarse sanding and giving it one layer of shellac sanding sealer.

We're pleased with the look, and it isn't at all slippery... except the step that he gave three coats of sealer to by mistake

Remains to be seen whether it wears well, though.