Patent ID: 6960273

Claim:
Process for the renovation of the steps of a staircase, comprising step treads and risers, whereby, starting from the top step to be renovated, starting on the step tread thereof, a step tread plate provided with an impact section that protrudes beyond the step tread is arranged and fastened, and whereby, starting from said impact section, a riser plate extends along the riser and is fastened in the area of the corresponding next lower step to be renovated, wherein said process is characterized by the following procedural steps: a) Removal of any layers from the step treads and risers, and any impact strips from the nosing edges of the step, b) Removal of any glue, c) Attachment of new impact strips to the nosing edges, d) Introduction of recesses into the step treads, e) Renewed cleaning of the steps, f) Introduction of a moisture-activated swelling glue into the recesses as well as onto a horizontal leg of an angle element of the step to be renovated immediately thereupon, g) Assembly of a step tread plate and a riser plate in accordance with the dimensions of the step to be renovated, h) Placing and pressing the step tread plate onto the step tread, i) Lifting the step tread plate, moistening the glue, and again placing and pressing the step tread plate and holding it down with a weight, j) Subsequent renovation of the step immediately below the step, which has just been renovated, whereby procedural steps a) to f) are performed in a single operation for all of the steps to be renewed, and procedural steps g) to i) are sequentially performed for each step to be renovated.