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Around Denver, refinishing existing hardwood stairs generally runs about $50 to $100 per step, and new hardwood treads and risers about $75 to $200 per step including materials and labor. Stairs are quoted per step, not per square foot, and any honest estimate lists them as their own line. That is the market range, not a quote for your staircase. A step is a tread, a riser, a nosing, and the balusters and stringers you have to work around, all by hand, in a space where no machine fits. That is why a twelve-step run can carry real weight in a quote even when the floors upstairs and down were straightforward.
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Refinishing existing stairs. Each tread gets hand sanded, the risers and nosings get detailed, and the finish goes on in stages so you can still get up and down. Balusters that sit on the treads have to be worked around or taped off, and that is slow.
Installing new treads. Either capping the existing steps with new hardwood treads and risers, or replacing them. Capping is faster. Full replacement is more work but fixes squeaks, sagging, and bad geometry at the same time.
Matching the floor. Stairs that meet a refinished floor need to match in species, color, and sheen, which means the stair work is planned with the floor, not after.
Carpet removal. Pulling carpet off stairs leaves staples, tack strip, and often paint on the treads. All of that gets removed before any sanding.
Landings and turns. Landings are priced as small floors. Winders and pie steps take longer than straight runs.
Railings. Handrails and balusters are their own line if they are being refinished or replaced.
| Job | What it involves | Denver market range |
|---|---|---|
| Refinish existing hardwood stairs | Hand sand, detail risers and nosings, staged finish | About $50 to $100 per step |
| Carpet to hardwood, cap existing steps | Remove carpet and staples, prep, install treads and risers, finish | About $75 to $150 per step |
| Full tread and riser replacement | Remove and rebuild steps, fix squeaks and sag, finish | About $100 to $200 per step |
| Landings | Sanded or installed like a small floor | By area, at floor rates |
| LVP on stairs | Planks plus matching nosings on each step | Per step, quoted with the floor |
| Handrails and balusters | Refinish or replace | Separate line |
Because the square footage of a staircase is small and the labor is not. A flight of stairs might be forty square feet of surface and take a full day of hand work. Pricing it by area would make the number meaningless. Per step is honest, and it lets you compare quotes fairly: if another estimate folds stairs into the floor price, ask what happens when they get to the staircase.
We count the steps, look at the treads and what is under any carpet, and give you a written number that does not move unless you change the scope. Free, no obligation. Stairs are usually quoted alongside the floors they connect to, and the full pricing guide covers those.
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At about $50 to $100 per step, a typical 12 to 14 step run lands roughly $600 to $1,400 to refinish, before landings and railings. Curved stairs and heavy carpet-removal prep push toward the top.
Because each step is hand work on a tread, riser, nosing, and balusters, in a space no floor machine fits. Per step is the only honest way to price it.
Yes. Stairs and floors that meet are planned and finished together so species, color, and sheen match.
Yes. Either by capping the existing steps with new hardwood treads and risers or by replacing them. Around Denver that runs about $75 to $200 per step depending on the approach. Carpet removal and prep are part of the job.
Usually, with planning. Finish goes on in stages, often every other step, so you can still get up and down.
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