You can sand hardwood floors with a machine but stairs are smaller and require more time and attention.
Replacing carpet stairs with hardwood cost.
You could save money by refinishing your stairs and floors all at once instead of paying for them separately.
Typically a motivated installer would take two hours and charge 60 00 per hour.
You re looking with labor and again depending on the hardwood that you choose anywhere from 100 to 200 per step.
Nonslip tread covers are also available as are stain additive products such as sharkgrip.
Depending on your carpet subs they may have a different rate for a wall to wall carpet and the carpet for the steps itself.
If you have existing hardwoods underneath.
It costs 40 to 75 to refinish a step.
Assuming that the stair case has 17 20 stairs that s a total estimated cost of 1 700 to 4 000.
For the actual wood installation an average runs in the 60 00 per step range for pre finished plank material on stairs that measure three foot across.
The cost of labor would usually be 0 50 1 per square foot while the add on service such as furniture removal berber carpet special cuts and hauling away will be 0 50 2 per square foot.
For 10 to 12 steps this costs 400 to 900.
One detail that can change the outcome of our costs is who you hired to do the work.
Remove staples nails or tack strips.
Cost to refinish hardwood stairs.