Description
Understanding Which Side Of The Stair Tread Is Mitered:
The biggest rule of thumb is to always view the staircase looking from the bottom up. So if your handrail is on the right hand side (looking from the landing or first stair tread up the staircase) then have a right hand open staircase. Thus, you need right miter stair treads!
Understanding The Sizing Of Single Miter Return Stair Treads:
It is very important to know that a installed miter return takes 1-1/2 inches away from the total length of the stair tread. A proper installed miter return is done by 45 degree cutting the stair treads front side edge that is needed to have the installed miter ( thus, the front bullnose itself is 100% untouched ). For Example: the fitting size of a 42 inch miter return tread is actually 40-1/2 inches. This means that if you want the tread to fit a opening of 41 inches or longer then you will have to buy a 48 inch miter return tread and then simply cut it down to the proper fitting size.
Understanding Our Single Miter Return Stair Tread Product Codes:
Single miter treads will either have a left miter return end installed or a right miter return end installed. The left hand miter stair treads are indicated by having the ‘LM’ in their product codes listed below. The right hand miter stair treads are indicated by having the ‘RM’ in their product codes listed below. Note: the left hand miter return stair treads are listed first in the below product list.
Reference the open end’s side ( LH or RH ) by looking up your stairs.
For all open ended treads we require the inside frame fitting size measurement, the overall length of your treads not including the open hand side’s overhang measurement.
We recommend measuring a number of your existing treads to ensure tread measurements have consistency throughout, review the left handed miter and double ended mitered tread photos below for reference.
If “open ended treads” please note the open end’s orientation ( LH/RH ) & frame fitting sizes in the “Open Ended Treads Specifications” box directly below the sample images.
