Galley/Dinette Stairs

[M&MArmenta]

We have a 50 flush deck MY and trying to determine material of original stairs from salon down to the galley/dinette. Our current stairs are basically plywood covered with carpet. Anyone know if Hatteras originally installed nice mahogany or oak stairs/treads? Were they stained or have some type of covering such as parquet, etc. Can anyone provide pictures, we are wanting to redo these and would like to see what they originally looked like. Thanks

 

[Fanfare]

Original was plywood covered by carpet. Our carpet on stairs wears/soils in just a couple of weeks from all the use. Replaced years ago with mahogany-stained wooden treads. A good thick riser as in a home stairway is best because these take quite a beating. I also removed the curved wooden partition intended to block the view into the galley. We no longer have paid crew, so I don't mind looking down there.

 

[wndsr]

I covered ours with Amtico when we installed in galley and salon. Then added teak noses and covered stair riser with teak. All flows well.

 

[Walter P]

I fabricated mine using solid teak full 1 1/4" thick. They are open backs (no riser) which is why I needed to use extra thick wood. The sides are also the same thickness and I routed slots to recess the stair pads. Finished them with polyurathane (about 5 coats of satin finish) and after about 10 years or more, they still look like they were just finished.

Walt

 

[M&MArmenta]

Thanks All for the great information and ideas, if anyone would be willing to send a couple pictures of what you have done it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Nonchalant1]

Our salon, stairs and entire boat except the aft deck and aft stateroom were all done in solid oak, stained to match the light and dark colors of the original feather ambrosia.. This is the only pic I have of the stairs. The epoxy finish lasted extremely well through lots of hard use.

 

[Pascal]

I got rid of the ply covered carpet steps years ago and replaced them with solid hardwood. You have different options including teak which is become pretty expensive. You can use mahogany, Sapele, jatoba depending of what you can find locally and what matches with the rest of your interior.i also replaced the risers and made the steps removable to use as storage

 

[drburke]

Our salon, stairs and entire boat except the aft deck and aft stateroom were all done in solid oak..the epoxy finish lasted extremely well through lots of hard use.

Very attractive. Good to know about the oak and epoxy technique.

Thanks for posting!

DAN

 

[SeaWhisper]

After we removed the carpet. Replaced with Oak treads from Lowes. This was done about 5 years ago.