A staircase remodel is part of the remodels Jones Quality Remodeling builds, not a railing swap booked on its own. When we remodel a main level or a whole house in Boise, the stair is planned with the flooring and the trim, so the treads meet the new floor cleanly at both ends, the railing and the casings share one finish and the flight is worked in sequence.
Most dated flights are sound where it counts. The flight is in the right place, the framing under it is doing its job and what has aged is everything you can see. Older homes in Boise and Garden City are full of flights like that, and so are newer builds in Meridian, Eagle and Nampa, where a stair is plain rather than worn out.
A stair worth keeping can be reworked where it stands, and the money goes into the parts you put your hands on rather than into moving something that did not need moving. What changes without touching the framing is a long list: treads and risers, the handrail and its returns, newel posts, balusters, the balustrade along an upper landing and the knee wall at the foot.
Pulling the carpet off is usually the first decision and the finish underneath is the second. Treads can be replaced and finished as bare wood or kept carpeted, and the riser in front of each is either stained to match or painted for contrast.
A straight run with treads and risers stained the same dark tone reads as one piece against pale walls and alder casing. The two ends matter more than people expect. The top tread lands against the floor upstairs and the nosing at the foot meets the floor running across the room below, so both joints are set out with the flooring.
The railing is what people put their hands on and what they see from the room below, so it sets the look of a flight more than the treads do. Three treatments cover most of the choice: a stained rail over iron balusters, a glass panel in a wood frame and a horizontal metal bar rail on square posts. All three can be built around a wood cap, which ties the rail back to the casing and treads.
The post that carries the railing is the other decision. A box newel is a square post with a paneled face and a stepped cap molding, set where the railing turns or lands. A run of those newels with balusters between them carries a balustrade along a loft balcony.
Most houses have one flight, and the people living there keep using it while the work goes on. That is the plain reason the work is easier to take on inside a larger project than on its own, and it is also how it tends to be bought. The stair is measured and drawn with the rest of the project, and materials are ordered after that, not before.
One customer describes a downstairs remodel bought exactly that way.
“The scope of work was extensive: new flooring throughout our entire downstairs, complete kitchen and office cabinet installation, new countertops and backsplash, painting throughout, replacement of baseboards, and a full staircase remodel to modernize the space. [...] His attention to detail really stood out, especially in the finish work and the staircase transformation, which completely elevated the look of our home.”
Paul Parendo, Google review
The same customer closes on the stair: “the updated staircase has become a true focal point”.
Planning a remodel in Boise or the Treasure Valley that includes the stairs? Call Jones Quality Remodeling at 208-447-0766 and we will walk the project through with you, the staircase included. Our whole house remodeling and kitchen remodeling pages show what a complete project covers, and the gallery’s Interior Millwork filter carries more of the finish carpentry. We work in Boise, Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, Star, Kuna, Eagle, Garden City, Middleton, Horseshoe Bend and McCall.
