Cladding balcony stairs with wood | Experiences & costs

The argument from earlier: "A concrete staircase supports itself" I find very convincing. You don't need a "load-bearing" material, just a surface.

It works with wood, of course, but for concrete something mineral feels "more right" to me. ... and if wood, it's enough if it's thin.

I'm doing something right now that I usually find stupid: Not answering the question but questioning it ... But it's not meant badly ...

And if the "risers" turn white, you could also use another material for that ... paint the concrete ... stick white tiles on ... or something ... I think: The materials should always be adapted as sensibly as possible to the purpose and place where they go.

What else comes to mind: The noises. I find our wooden staircase wonderful, but when you sweep it, the sound of the broom hitting the risers always sounds really dumb ... :cool: ... loud and hollow

You are right, I think that with a concrete staircase, instead of risers, you could simply plaster, sand, and whitewash.

I just checked again: We have a wooden staircase from the ground floor to the first floor, but from the basement to the ground floor a prefabricated staircase (it was just like that). To make both look the same, our staircase builder also made the treads and risers for the basement staircase 40mm in beech finger-jointed: 15 steps €3200 net (2021). However, he listed the installation of the stairs separately, so that is not included in the price; probably an additional €800 would be added for the basement staircase proportionally.

@ & : The possibility to plaster and paint the riser does indeed exist. However, every carpenter/stair builder we consulted so far has advised against it. Reasons given to us included, among others, that plaster is more sensitive than a lacquered wooden step. Especially with small children, it would become dirty after a short time and no longer look nice. Cleaning is also easier with a lacquered step.

@ : Thank you for the price information. Based on the assessments in the forum combined with the first offers, I at least have a rough idea of the cost of covering with wood. Your price is not far from the offer from Poland.

Otherwise, I am now waiting for the other offers and will get back to you then.

Just as an addition: the price is from a staircase builder from Germany.