Recent work

Recent Staircase Repair & Polishing Jobs

Real photos from our recent staircase jobs, step by step: before, during and after.

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Technician sanding old varnish off a timber staircase landing, half done — Half sanded: old varnish vs bare timber

Staircase sanding and varnish

A worn strip-timber staircase and its landings, with scratched and greyed treads. Sanded back to bare timber, then sealed and varnished to a gloss.

Worn timber staircase with scratched, dull treads before sanding — Before: worn, scratched treads

Timber staircase during sanding with the sander cable on the landing — During sanding

Parquet staircase treads sanded back to bare timber — Sanded back to bare timber

Timber stair landing after sanding — Landing sanded

Timber staircase after polishing and varnish, seen from the top — After: varnished staircase

Varnished timber staircase with white railings — Staircase after varnish

Strip timber stair landing after varnishing — Landing after varnish

Gloss-varnished timber stair landing — Gloss finish on the landing

Dark-stained treads with white risers

The whole flight was sanded to bare timber, the treads stained dark by hand and varnished, and the risers kept white for contrast.

Staircase sanded back to bare timber before staining — Whole flight sanded

Stair treads sanded before staining — Treads sanded before staining

Technician hand-sanding timber stair treads and nosings — Hand-sanding treads and nosings

Stain being applied to a sanded stair landing — Stain going on at the landing

Dark-stained timber stair treads with white risers — After: stained treads, white risers

Stained and varnished timber stair treads — Treads stained and varnished

Stained timber staircase at the winder turn — Finished staircase turn

Stained parquet landing at the top of a staircase — Parquet landing after staining

Broken and gapped dark timber stairs: before repair

Open gaps, a splintered board and worn varnish on dark timber stairs. Boards like these are re-fixed or replaced before any sanding.

Splintered, broken dark timber stair board before repair — Before: broken, splintered board

Dark timber stair treads with gaps and worn varnish — Before: gaps and worn finish on treads

Dark-stained timber stair boards with open gaps before repair — Before: gaps between boards

Our repair method: lift, re-glue, sand flush

These photos are from a floor repair, but the method is the same on treads and landings: lift the loose pieces, clean off the old adhesive, relay on fresh adhesive and sand flush before varnishing.

Fresh flooring adhesive spread before loose timber strips are relaid — Fresh adhesive before relaying (floor repair)

Technician fitting a replacement timber strip — Fitting a replacement strip (floor repair)

Relaid timber strips sanded flush — Relaid strips sanded flush (floor repair)

Repaired timber area after varnishing, blending in — Repair blended in after varnish (floor repair)

Photos are from recent jobs in Singapore, shown as taken. Some carry the camera's date stamp. Photos marked "floor repair" show the same repair method we use on treads and landings.

Want your staircase fixed and looking new again?

Send 3 or 4 photos of your stairs on WhatsApp, including a close-up of the damage, and get a price, usually the same day.

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