The STAIR MUNCHER is a BEAST 💪🏻

This is an original, Baltic Pine timber staircase etimated to be circa 1900.. It was in pretty bad shape underneath the carpet but still stable and full of character 💪🏻
The client wanted to keep the original colour so we restored this staircase as close as possible to its original state - give or take a few marks and stains from 130 years.
First we ripped out the carpet and gripper before punching all the nails down to hit it with the Edger for sanding. Up next is the stair muncher which is a beast of a machine! Then we scrape the corners and trim. The holes get puttied up and then the orbital goes over the entire staircase. The triangle sander ensures no corner gets missed. Now we are ready to coat with Berger-Seidle water based poly in an Antislip finish.
Beautiful.. Done!
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[@Notmycatsanctuary]

FINALLY someone REMOVING paint.

[@jasoncarson369]

Yea... finally, someone who will risk their life grinding 100 year old lead paint from stairs. Not the best idea. There's a reason there are lead abatement teams.

[@theunambiguous]

⁠@@jasoncarson369sir, done this a thousand times with no face mask, whilst smoking 20 a day, still here.

[@mattgwayman]

Lol when I saw this comment, so simple but says so much about reality 👍

[@jasoncarson369]

@theunambiguous sir.... please continue doing so sir. Maybe eat some of the chips too. Sir 🙄👌

[@Dex01-Z_WingZero]

My type of Girl! 😏

[@calamityjenn]

It's lovely that the stairs were refinished and not replaced.

[@Stix_n_Stones]

Why?

[@JM-bg1it]

@@Stix_n_Stones 'cos the staircase is an antique and was probably better made using better timber than all. but the most expensive of modern staircases.

[@Stix_n_Stones]

@@JM-bg1it most certainly not. It's likely not up to code, so dangerous and uncomfortable. Also, all the glue has long let go. Not to mention, they look like 💩!

[@SkankbumJerry]

​@@JM-bg1it We get it, you have an IQ of 20...

[@alanhat5252]

​@@Stix_n_Stonesso you're just here to display your vile attitude? Why bother?

[@seriouslyreally5413]

I just took my 102 year old stair treads and did a This Old House trick: removed the ogee trim that supports the underside of the front edge of the tread, pried up the tread and flipped it over. The original side was so worn you could see the place were years of foot steps had dished out the wood. There were layers of lead based paint on them; showed where years of sand and gravel, boot nails and childrens toys had left dents, scratches and small gouges in the wood. Flipped over the treads were flat and true, pristine wood that only needed a light 220 grit sanding before drilling countersink screws, covering them with maple plugs, and then putting on three coats of natural polyurethane floor finish. The risers and ogee trim had one coat of paint on them so a paint stripper took care of that with minimal mess. No sanding no lead based paint dust, no wood filler no detailed scraping every crack and crevice and joint. Re-nailed the trim back and painted the risers and trim with white latex paint. The bonus was the surprise on the underside of the 7th step when we flipped it over: in beautiful large caligraphic handwriting in graphite pencil, the builder signed his name " Wm. Mclean, Builder, Aug 15th, 1922." I couldnt nail that tread back so I bought a new tread to replace it and hung the signed tread in the hall. 😂

[@LaLadybug2011]

Thank you for sharing this! When I read posts like yours, I feel like I'm not alone on the planet--I've found my people! LoL.

[@hellohello8556]

Nice. 👍

[@MamaMudskipper]

I Love that! Especially the signed stair. I think it's Magical how Men know how to build a house. I always wonder how it felt when they hold the banister and descend the stairs that they've built security for their Family with their own two hands. And every nail holds a memory of the day it was nailed in. My vision of every Man that's built a house with stairs is of him paused halfway down in the morning of a new day being happy and proud. And there it is. That's so cool. 😊

[@piccalillipit9211]

Nice to find the name of the guy. Are you Am3ric4n by any chance?

[@ryana8174]

Perfect mate, you got lucky. Alot of the time in Aus, the uprights holding the hand rails go down through the treads. In the really old houses. Can't flip the treads. But with an old house like that, people have already paid so much money, they'd rather restore the treads and see the story the wear and tear tells. Ide have to agree, no matter how much the architects and interior designers drive tradies insane😂

[@geekbruin]

For those also curious, it’s called the Metabo Paint Stripper and uses carbide blades which are interchangeable.

[@earling22]

Thank you!!

[@fellspoint9364]

Metabo makes great tools

[@earling22]

@@fellspoint9364 Yeah. If you have the bucks. You'd have to be pretty anal about finding all the buried tacks and nails though.

[@Ratlins9]

@geekbruin Thank you for that information.

[@ryandubyah2345]

Thanks for the info on that! I’m always on the hunt for new tools and this would be perfect!

[@valleysoundboy]

Having done our Victorian staircase with just a scraper, seeing the stair muncher almost made me cry 😮

[@nicholaslittle2312]

Yes, we did a stair by hand too, hard work!

[@JenJenANDChrissy]

@quicksandFlooring Does the machine work on stripping paint off furniture too?

[@Rufusdos]

Same!!! Hours of hard labour!

[@charlesmckinley29]

I’m guessing its cost would have given you a heart attack, but you may be able to rent them.

[@user-nz3gi2lp9x]

Savage! 😂

[@nursesan]

I love seeing people refinish old houses, it warms my heart

[@leannes1083]

So many of the beautiful old townhouses in my local town have all been split up into flats, and it's heartbreaking. Honestly, if I ever won the lottery jackpot, it would be my mission to buy and return as many of those properties to their former glory as possible. Not myself, I'd hire a company to do the job. No way am I doing all that work. Guarantee I'd break a nail.💅🏻 Or 9. I broke 3 helping my daughter move house, and she only had a 3 room flat! Not 3 bed, 3 rooms, total! Besides, some of the OG paint may contain lead, and I smoked for nigh on 30 years, I can't add the risk of "lead poisoning" on top of being a smoker for so long! Even though I could probably afford to buy a new pair of lungs if I won the jackpot🎰 But I hear that kinda thing is frowned upon?👂🏻🤔🤷🏻‍♀️🤭😉

[@dads_diy]

Same. And it’s something I’ve always loved doing. Grew up under contractors in Cleveland, working on a lot of Victorian age home

[@Just-Jakes]

Yes, but they are the WORST to work on. 😁

[@cruisesailing]

Look at all of that lead based dust flying around, unbagged, unfiltered, probably unmasked operator, going right into your lungs and then your blood stream.

[@rockarola55]

​@@Just-JakesHow so? I live in a building from 1918, but I've previously lived in buildings older than the US (1755 and about 1680), and working on them is a breeze...except for routing anything electrical, but that's no big surprise 😊

[@nick12586]

I'm impressed. Crazy after removing all that material you still see the discoloration from the runner.

[@glenmchargue5461]

I was thinking the same. It must have had one for decades.

[@jacksmith2315]

I came here to say the same thing. You can see the discoloration more when its done than before stripping the paint and planing/removing that much wood

[@RichardWing4130]

That runner has to be there for like 40 years. I like it. Great job guys.

[@terrell07981]

It happens a lot. Sometimes a rug imprint will be on a floor that we can't sand out. It's tattooed by the sun.

[@Dranectrakon]

Chemical bleed through from the rug dye and structural compaction of the wood fiber where people step over many years lead to a more dense mass in the center / the concentration of wood fibers that were both dyed or chemically altered as well as pressed closer together yield a more saturated color field.

[@hhef83]

Beautiful bringing it back to the original wood. I need to hear someone walking up and down the stair case. That's the true testament of aged wood staircases lol. We rented a beautiful historic home for a week on airbnb. Nearly everything was brought back to its original glory. The staircase was so pretty, but every single step was SO loud. 🎶 Every step you take. Every move you make. 🎶

[@Symptomless_Coma_]

A song about a stalker!

[@leannes1083]

So no sneaking downstairs for a midnight fridge raid then, hey? Dangit!🤌🏼😂

[@hhef83]

​@@Symptomless_Coma_yeah now that I think about it that didn't really go well with my story time 😆

[@donchristie420]

Exactly,my house plays a song of squeaks when you walk around(took back to original single layer flooring) and I couldn’t be happier 😊

[@jacksmith2315]

Most ppl think the squeaking in stairs and floors is the wood rubbing together, its actually the wood moving on the nails. If glue or screw them down, it eliminates or severely reduces the squeaking. Could even shim it and use slightly bigger nails to fit tighter

[@ryanbender484]

I know you guys typically don’t seem to use a stain on the wood, but I feel like these stairs could use it. The natural color/wood grain doesn’t look that great IMO.

[@scottmaxwell1927]

dark mahogany and white would look lovely.

[@KBergs]

To be fair, that's a customer decision.

[@nicolenunya984]

I agree

[@frisco61]

@@KBergs Obviously.

[@Aikaramba12]

@@scottmaxwell1927🤮

[@ImOnAJourney]

Look at the history in that old staircase! Just imagining how many feet have traveled those treads is amazing!

[@zaxmaxlax]

and how many people fumbled down those stairs over the years 😂

[@the_atomic_punk487]

First thing I thought of

[@ImOnAJourney]

@@zaxmaxlax Oops!! 😬

[@vitalucas9452]

A Lot of stairs.

[@user-nl5hw8vp8b]

Allah is the only eternal

[@rkneegordon6316]

I’m glad it was you doing this. In most renovations, they just rip the stairs out. They’re 130 years old, because someone built them to last. Great work.

[@Paios]

then why are they sagging to the right?

[@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive]

and the quality of wood they used is beyond anything we can even buy today. Notice there are no knots?

[@homerepairlife5.098]

@@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_AliveI seen them, unless you were being facetious

[@avancalledrupert5130]

I've been a carpenter 20 years . Never seen a starecase removed . That would be vandalism and a waist of money mate . I mean if you changed the layout. Otherwise you just paying money to devalue the house. Every period featur removed is £s off the value. Boomers used to trash houses back in the 70s and 80s . But my entire career has been returning them to there pre boomerised state .

[@theskylarker3553]

I've refinished dozens of staircases and it always brings the house back to life. The visual comparison from old to new is absolutely stunning

[@brighgeal8117]

I LOVE watching someone refinish things. Fix things dont replace them!!!!!

[@galvanizedgnome]

Reminds me off my exwife. She became a lesbian.

[@latsnojokelee6434]

I bet there were some fine lead paint there!

[@MagnetbergOfficial]

I think lead paint was only used for corrosive Metals ?

[@Don.kee.ho-tay]

​@@MagnetbergOfficialnot at all. My whole house is got it on all the original woodwork. It was basically the go to until about 1970

[@MagnetbergOfficial]

@@Don.kee.ho-tay 😜😬Oh no. The questions is: What's more worse Lead Paint or Asbestos in the insulation and floor tiles ?

[@Dandan-tg6tj]

@@Don.kee.ho-tay I lived in a city where all of the plumbing was lead. Nothing really happened to me.and all of my mates. We ate food straight from the garden or from the trees and stole eggs from under the chicken. We sometimes were playing with Mercury from thermometers and ate tons of apricot seeds when our grandmothers were making apricot jam. Nobody gave a fuck,

[@npjutras]

@@MagnetbergOfficialIt was in nearly every household paint through mid-century and became less common until it was banned in residential paints in 1978 (excepts were made for industrial and a few commercial paint uses.)

[@brandonbrown5351]

From one remodeling person to another..... Absolutely awesome 💯💯💯

[@mariekastler5391]

So lovely to see the skills and care to renew rather than replace!!!!

[@SeanQuinn4]

Crazy to see the lasting effects of the center runner carpeting

[@burner5673]

It’s probably UV damage

[@leonroode]

i was scouring the comments to see if anyone picked up the colour difference from a centre runner carpet.

[@Whiteflower1992]

Mine had this when we pulled out carpet up last week.

[@JimLake.Junior]

@@burner5673yeah from all the sunlight those walls are letting in. Makes sense if you don’t think about it.

[@bretth3718]

@@JimLake.Junior UV light bounces.

[@winterroadspokenword4681]

Bet that house is sighing with relief. First time those stairs are gonna be clean for decades!

[@alexandrastevens8892]

Absolutely brilliant 👏 thank you for bringing those treads back to life

[@nicola3444]

The Metabo lf850 is one of the most overlooked tools.😊

[@RastadasPT]

Thank you for preserving such a majestic and classical staircase.

[@lindaburt6518]

That's a lot of tough work. Excellent job!!!!

[@1noduncle]

the discoloration from the runner just does not want to disappear. and yes props for removing paint.

[@ajnamdeplume]

A true labor of love. Steps are a beast to redo. Glad you left them natural, they look great!👍

[@childofthefox]

Our house has natural wood varnished. And i have always liked plain wood. I think all the work your doing is just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your hard work and time with me on KZbin.

[@lancestancliffe4885]

Now that's when hard work pays off.

[@user-qk9fq9vd1t]

I love wood. 130 years old and you gave it new life, amazing

[@coreybarnwell2621]

Man that's exactly the type of stuff I love. I've been saving every splinter of old reclaim lumber I can get my hands on for when I build my house. I'm building a traditional Viking long house, and I want the inside to be a weird cross between Victorian and really rustic

[@joycestempa5647]

Do a small natural fiber runner. I honestly thought I wouldn’t like it on our stairs but did it for safety reasons and I was totally shocked how much I absolutely LOVE it - it was a game changer!! Super helpful with the noise level and best part is since I chose a low profile fiber, I can still sweep the stairs instead of having to vacuum them every week. 👍

[@REAL-NANO]

You can see it had one originally by the fade in the final shot. Would be interested to see it look back to 9ts original glory with one too.

[@pqworks9019]

Stripping paint is insane work lol awesome job

[@todydn]

First tine ive seen a hardwood chanel usea corner scraper good for you

[@bananachip92]

These stairs have so much character!!

[@Judethedude]

It’s honestly kind of cool seeing all those years of grime go away

[@amypreuit4114]

They're magnificent!!! 🎉

[@robgeotim]

Beautiful...raw lovely fine-grained timber RULES!!!❤

[@johnsutcliffe9033]

What I like about videos like these is that I’d have no clue how to repair stairs but the people in this video did

[@madeleintracy4292]

What a beautiful restoration 😍 so satisfying to watch!

[@giuseppebevilacqua2034]

I want that " BEAST MACHINE "

[@sefard777]

What is it though, is it a planer?

[@rebelsqk]

The tool looks very very similar to a Metabo "paint remover" I have. It is a great tool. Uses carbide cutters that can be set in precise depth increments.

[@tracyspringer434]

Love watching you save these stairs. I love the imperfection that comes with the history of the house!

[@NotJRB]

Beautiful transformation. It's amazing that it only took 60 seconds!

[@ItsAlive111]

Seems like they missed stripping the paint at the trim

[@davehaggerty3405]

I am envious of your paint shaver. You have certainly mastered it’s operation.

[@resuk_]

I think its a “Metabo LF 724 S” or something like that

[@pillow7306]

Yeah that’s insane… couldn’t have pictured a better restoration 🔥

[@QuicksandFlooring]

Thank you! We love preserving the original timber 👌🏻

[@user-pe1zs2pn4n]

Absolutely gorgeous

[@JessicaLee70]

Love this!!! You don’t hide the history…you enhance it! Gorgeous!

[@QuicksandFlooring]

Exactly what we wanted to do 🙌🏻

[@indysandmanas]

​@@QuicksandFlooring What tool are you using on risers?

[@ZidaneSteiner]

that's not a finish wood. it would have been historically accurate to paint it. that's why it was painted.

[@alanhat5252]

​@@ZidaneSteinerevidence?

[@skeetorkiftwon]

​@@QuicksandFlooring Why'd you leave the crook at the top? Just kidding, looks great. Total hours?

[@michiel1865]

As a professional painter I can only say; well done. Good piece of work!! 👍💪

[@charizzkalum9137]

I wouldn't be hiring you

[@705tv]

I would have been so proud of myself doing this lol Each and everytime someone new come to my house I would have been like "You know I refinished the stairs ? all by myself ?" 😂😂😂

[@MrDsturman]

Wow you can see all the history and lives those stairs have lived. I like how you can clearly make out the shadow from turncenter carpet runner it had at some point early in its life.

[@noxid23]

This is what tools I imagine nail salons to use

[@sarahsandy2884]

It’s beautiful. Can just see where the original runner would have been

[@johndododoe1411]

If you mean a stair carpet, it's the middle and whatever width you get .

[@ulhi7564]

​@@johndododoe1411 if you look carefully at the after picture, there's a shadow in the middle showing where the runner would have been

[@confusedwhale]

It's amazing to see where the carpet runner used to be still.

[@dfroelicher]

Love the marks from the original stair carpet runner straight up the middle.

[@GavM]

Beautiful work. 130 yr old stairs can now take pride of place.

[@ljones98391]

A labor of love. So much character shows through. You should be proud.

[@swamp-yankee]

Pretty cool the way the book matched the set. That’s artistry right there.

[@stuartd9741]

Clean wood looks so nice. And being original is more than likely to last another 50 years... Good job...👍

[@dottyjyoung]

What is that "stair muncher" tool called? I need one!

[@GeoffreyFlores]

Google Metabo Paint Remover, you will see a few types of surface scrapers that come up . Have fun with it!

[@thorsten6422]

I could be wrong, but it kinda looked like a Metabo LF 724 or 850.

[@GeoffreyFlores]

@@thorsten6422 that’s what I thought too

[@kniefi]

Metabo Lackfräse - yeah I also think it was thst tool

[@emoss6264]

@@kniefithanks. This was exactly why I was looking at the comments

[@BayAreaMotorcycleCommuting]

Beautiful work

[@WorldRaceMVG]

Finally restoring instead of just making it grey

[@Revelstoke-Banff]

Dedication to hard work and doing a fantastic job! Well done 👏

[@grossmeister1181]

Did this to the stairs in my old house (built in 1937) as well. But it had that red paint on it, what a nightmare to remove. But it came out so great!

[@Masticas.]

Did u test for lead?

[@joea1433]

It is waaay more than 30 years old and the paint is likely lead based and requires special processes to prevent the lead from contaminating the workers or the house.

[@JordanWatson-bz4fb]

I'm sure kids ate all the chips throughout the years. It should be safe by now.

[@MothaFluffa]

If you watch the beginning over it says 130 years the one blended in a bit

[@beez7753]

He’ll have new workers And be dead LONG before the lead kicks in. My old boss will be dead too before the mesothelioma kicks in from all the asbestos tile he had us rip up for years too

[@diegom.9762]

@@beez7753not you tho you’ll be 70 on a cpap machine with copd thinking damn that wasn’t worth it 😹 ask me how I know

[@feyrband]

​@beez7753 unfortunately that lead dust is now on every surface in the entire house and the concern us more for little ones in the future and their development more so than the workers with supposedly fully formed brains

[@streetdevilz1454]

Holy smokes look at you go!!! Outstanding work keep er up 👍 👍 👍 👍

[@rdouthwaite]

I love the fact that you can see the ghost of the old original central stair carpet where the wood on either side of the risers has faded in the light over the years, ain't no sanding that away...

[@britaccent4352]

Dude lives in a world without lead paint I guess

[@diegom.9762]

@@lucasbray9507not today or this year but when you start feeling unwell you’ll know why

[@Hybridog]

@@lucasbray9507 Lead, like mercury, has no safe level of exposure. Any amount causes harm. No it won't kill you outright, but it will do a great job lowering your IQ. BTW you've been exposed to lead haven't you?

[@davidschuh7696]

Hope this was tested for lead paint. Great job!

[@saaaaauce]

I have a 164 year old stairs that I did exactly the same restoration to 👍

[@Masticas.]

@@saaaaaucedid u test it

[@alman6581]

Great work. Exactly what I would have done

[@EdgyShooter]

So happy to see a something being restored rather ripped up or having another "landlord special" paint job!

[@precisiond2236]

old shellac and lead paint dust,.... YUM. Looks Great!

[@Masticas.]

Its not lead

[@bobwhelk2117]

Yummmy lead dust.

[@KimBridges-pv9ie]

That was some hard labor! But so worth it! Beautiful!

[@ADZ1LL4]

Crisp work. The machine ain't the only beast on site

[@carlphillips1933]

Can still see the shade from the carpet runner on the riser , some clients would pick u apart on that , maybe a sealer or stain controller prior to staining idk , stairs are always a pain to refinish the older the wood the worst all them years of old varnish /wax build up

[@laurenskee2665]

The wood is 130+ years old. I think the clients are well aware.

[@blu8451]

I'm sure it was an informed decision on the customers part because some people get off on this look. I think once the wood has been this abused that leaving it with clear like that just looks worse but it's all about what you would like to look at on a daily basis haha

[@cournoyer321]

What is that machine/ tool called?

[@lilypower]

Metabo lf 724 paint remover, really specific but really good tool!

[@QuicksandFlooring]

Metabo Paint Stripper 👌🏻

[@c43805]

For sure, beats scrapping risers by hand..​@@lilypower

[@wadest1163]

No where to be found, $800!!

[@c43805]

@wadest1163 what? I bought one for $500

[@orangeryno]

Great work!!! Looks awesome. Also that stair muncher is a must have. Thanks for sharing, didn't even know it existed!!

[@Nithmeia]

God. This is on the list of things I REALLY WANT TO DO in a bunch of places for myself and to help my parents…. if I wasn’t so debilitatingly anxious and tired

[@Bills_Bicycle_Rides]

All that work, and it doesn't really look that wonderful...

[@bonacker9762]

Those are the best restorations.... My dad rebuilt a home on the North Fork of Long Island 2007- 2009.... Original build date was about 1780's kept as much as they could but the starir had to be replaced.... Original pine plank floors doors and some trim. Rest was copied to match or done with out. Oh and new 8" poured concrete foundation to replace 6"' red brick original.

[@jaceandjace1171]

Crazy that the oxidization in the wood from the runner penetrated that deeply that sanding and planing off that much didn’t remove it

[@calebandersen4334]

Now they look 120 years old. Nice.

[@RedHeadForester]

Give me that freshened up old wood with character any day over some new, bland stuff! Beautiful work.

[@user-kb3it8jf8t]

I've heard of a rug muncher but this is a new one to me.😊

[@justinallen7954]

Beautiful work with the sanders

[@evzone84]

I love that you can still see the shadow of the original runner right down the middle.

[@MarkoVukovic0]

Beautiful natural wood contrasting with the white. Great job!

[@lindywolfe6581]

It’s amazing that they were still in good enough condition. All you had to do was just sand them down and prime them and then restain them. It’s gotta be some mighty good wood

[@jerrychetty2524]

Absolutely awesome work thank you for your post

[@milkod2001]

great job. Done something similar but only with small sander. It was a pain. Glad it's done now.

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

I did a lot of restoration on a 17th castle a few years ago. Really rewarding work bringing painted panels , sash windows, doors, floors and other details back to life.

[@giselakornblum5919]

So eine schöne Holztreppe ist doch Gold wert, genau so ist das auch bei Holzböden, jeder Arbeitsaufwand lohnt sich, an dem neuen Boden oder auch an einer renovierten Holztreope kann man sich viele Jahre erfreuen. Das Alte kann auch sehr gut tun und eine sehr schöne Atmosphäre schaffen...👍👍👍👌👏👏👏👏🍀🐖🍀..eine Wohlfühlatmosphäre...und wenn die dann noch mit Lehmputz kombiniert wird, ist eine wunderbare Schwingung in der Wohnung oder in dem Haus...👍👍👍...👌...👏👏👏🍀🐖🍀

[@christianheidt5733]

I have stairs like these also, Great job 👍 👍 👍!!! My house was built in 1850, I love old houses 😁.

[@SamUndJet]

Nice job. Stairs are perfect now, complete with their imperfections. Love the triangular sander

[@MrGreen876]

Saved all the 100 year old creak noises

[@smizles]

They age like a fine wine 🤌🏻

[@christexaport]

That wood is SICK. And the craftsman had them tools! 🤩 #restored

[@Bims9040]

Neat that you can still see where the runner used to be. Probably satcthere for ALOT of years before replaced with the full carpet

[@ekottenbach]

I love the taste of lead paint in the morning.

[@28105wsking]

Wow! Hard work pays off!

[@717379]

It looks like those stairs had a runner: I really miss those as they use to make the steps quieter, safer and more elegant. ❤

[@danielbodkin7540]

Looks awesome with a bit of history still on them

[@rickcoelho9194]

Give credit where it’s due. your hard work and dedication definitely shows in the results. Nice work

[@TEXAS.N8V]

Now that’s artisan level work!