Vinyl plank and stairs

[Sylvia B.]

I know a lot of landlords on BP like to use the Allure (or other) vinyl plank flooring, so I'm hoping someone has a good solution for stairs. What do you do with stairs that were carpeted and now are just plywood or other wood that is not a finished surface?

[Stephen Schaefer]

Originally posted by @Stephen Schaefer:

Buy a sheet of 4x8 oak plywood, 1/8 or 1/4". If you're handy, or someone you know/contractor/etc. Cut it to size, glue and staple to the plywood stair tread. Trim it out and stain/finish. It'll look great, $30/sheet approx, could do 8 stairs with a standard 36" width. No one would think twice, they'd assume they're solid wood stair treads, because that is exactly how it'd look.

EDIT: Just noticed this was a few months old hah.