Carpentry and Woodworking - Chipped Wood On Risers
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rjordan392
12-17-05, 06:12 PM
Hello,
I have decided to also remove the treads and risers for my new stairway. Upon removing the rug, I noticed that most of the risers (there are 13) all have a simular shaped piece of wood missing from the party wall side. The missing piece's are spear like in shape about 3 to 3-1/2 inches in length and about a 1/4 inch wide at its widest point. The missing pieces are the thickness of the wood. My neighbors stairway is attached to the opposite side of my wall. Is it possible, the home builders caused this to happen by installation stress and this did not show up until years later. The damage is in the same area on each riser affected. My house was built in the early fifties.
I don't want this to happen after I install new risers. I think the carpenter hammered them in a bit from the open side of the riser but not enough to cause immediant damage when the first homebuyer showed up. I am the 3rd buyer of the property. Any thoughts?
I have decided to also remove the treads and risers for my new stairway. Upon removing the rug, I noticed that most of the risers (there are 13) all have a simular shaped piece of wood missing from the party wall side. The missing piece's are spear like in shape about 3 to 3-1/2 inches in length and about a 1/4 inch wide at its widest point. The missing pieces are the thickness of the wood. My neighbors stairway is attached to the opposite side of my wall. Is it possible, the home builders caused this to happen by installation stress and this did not show up until years later. The damage is in the same area on each riser affected. My house was built in the early fifties.
I don't want this to happen after I install new risers. I think the carpenter hammered them in a bit from the open side of the riser but not enough to cause immediant damage when the first homebuyer showed up. I am the 3rd buyer of the property. Any thoughts?
rjordan392
12-24-05, 04:07 PM
Hello Again,
I believe I figured out how the above happened. When the stairs were first built, there was a piece of moulding placed under the nose of the tread. The carpenter must have used a power tool to attach the moulding and was driving the nails too close to the edge of the riser where it meets the nose of the tread. This caused the the wood to split in a spear like fashion and not drilling pilot holes was probally another reason.
I believe I figured out how the above happened. When the stairs were first built, there was a piece of moulding placed under the nose of the tread. The carpenter must have used a power tool to attach the moulding and was driving the nails too close to the edge of the riser where it meets the nose of the tread. This caused the the wood to split in a spear like fashion and not drilling pilot holes was probally another reason.