I am soon to head to my daughters home to help install a floating wood floor and replacement stair treads. The treads will be prefinished Briz cherry. Not sure if the treads they ordered are full thickness or 1/2" that just go over existing tread. The stairs are currently carpeted so I'm sure the treads now are either plywood or pine.
My question is- having never worked with briz cherry how hard is it? Can I shoot a 15 or 16 ga finish nail in it? I plan to pull up the current tread lay down lots of construction adhesive(liquid nails), then shoot a few finish nails to help till the glue sets. Or would it be better to install screws then plug over the screw heads, which might be hard due to the tread being already prefinished.
Any suggestions or hints? I am unable to have access under the stairs as drywall has been installed and finished under them.