Stairs & trim in West Linn, OR

Yes — stairs and trim are one of our seven services, and in a hillside town like West Linn they come up on most jobs. Treads, risers, nosings and the transition at each landing get quoted as their own line, so you can see what that part of the job actually costs.

Not necessarily, but it should be a decision rather than an accident. In a split-level or daylight-basement home you see two levels at once from the stairs, so color and plank direction want planning together. Carpet on the stairs with hard flooring above and below is a common and good-looking answer, and it is quieter.

Yes, and it is a common request in houses with hard flooring on both levels. It is quieter, it is safer underfoot, and the contrast looks intentional. There is a minimum on any job, so if the stairs are the only thing on the list it is worth a quick call to check the numbers make sense for you.

It can, and it looks excellent when done properly. What it needs is purpose-made stair nosings rather than plank cut and glued over the tread edge. The nosing is what takes the wear and the impact at the front of every step, and skipping it is the shortcut that shows up first.

Often, yes, and with the covering off is exactly the moment to do it. Squeaks are usually movement between the tread and the stringer, and once we can see the structure we can refasten it. We will tell you what we find before we do anything, so there are no surprise additions.

We do our best, and in older homes we would generally rather work around original trim than replace it. Where new trim is needed we match profile and finish as closely as the available stock allows. If an exact match is not achievable we will say so at the estimate rather than let you discover it at the end.