Stairs · 6 min · Updated August 2026
Open-riser and floating hardwood stairs
When an open-riser oak stair is legal in Ontario, what it costs, and when Green Hardwood will refuse the drawing.
Open is a structure problem wearing a design costume
A floating oak tread on a steel stringer can be beautiful. It can also fail opening-size rules, guard rules, and deflection rules. We build the ones that pass. We redraw the ones that are a Pinterest screenshot.
The gap is code, not taste
Openings in a guard and between treads are limited. A toddler-sized gap is not a style. If your designer wants air and no risers, we check the current Ontario Part 9 numbers before anyone mills a tread.
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