Staircase Carpentry

Staircase enquiries fall into two different categories, and the right answer for each is different. Some staircases are structurally sound but look dated — pine spindles, a handrail that has lost its shine, treads that have seen twenty years of feet. Others have one specific fault — a squeak, a loose spindle, a newel post that rocks — and need that fault put right rather than a wider change.

We treat these as separate pieces of work with their own scope and pricing, rather than steering every enquiry toward the bigger job. If your staircase just needs fixing, we tell you that, quote for the repair, and leave the rest alone. If you want a genuine transformation, we scope that properly too.

Beyond the balustrade and treads, staircases are also where engineered flooring and tread cladding meet — carrying a hallway floor finish up the stairs, or fitting a hardwood or engineered overlay to existing treads and risers so the staircase reads as part of the same floor. We carry out this kind of work as part of a wider staircase or flooring project, and a dedicated page covering stair-tread flooring and cladding in more detail is planned for a later addition to the site.

All staircase work, whatever the scope, starts with a free site visit across Berkshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, followed by a fixed-price written quote. There is no charge for coming out to look and advise.

For a closer look at this kind of transformation in detail, see our oak staircase project, or browse all staircase projects.