OT Any trim carpenters here?, need some advice on stair treads Options

[Verruckt]

I am redoing the stairs in my entry way. They were covered with carpet and that is now gone. I have bought some nice oak for the risers and have cut them and put them in place. Now I need to cut the treads. How much overhang should there be? I was thinking 1 1/2", is that too much or too little? Is there a norm or is it personal choice? Just trying to do this nice. If anyone has theirs done this way, could you measure the overhang?

[r_towle]

If you are using a 3/4 in cove molding under the stairs you should overhang the face of the finished riser by 1.5 inches..

I wanted to add something here:
Studies have show many times that the human brain can remember after the first step the exact height.
This means your toe will come to within .03 inches of the nosing each time you lift you foot for the next step.
It is reall critical to make all the steps the same.
Code restrict you to 3/16 variation...but it is not that hard to make them all the same...

If you are not using some sort of cove molding under the nose of the tread, 1 inch will be fine.

If you have framed the stairs all the same, the measurement nosing to nosing will be the same as the framing.

Use a liberal amount of construction adhesive on top of each of the stair stringers to prevent squeaks.

Also, if you have a slot in the riser to glue the tread into that stops another place for squeaks.

If you have no slot in the bottom of the riser, and you can reach behind each riser, it is common practise to nail the bottom of the riser into the back of the tread...

You must find a way to attach the tread to the riser above of it will squeak.

Lots of glue, All the risers go on irst, then the treads...

Lots of glue...and construction adhesive..

Good luck.
If you want to really learn...get the "treatise on stair building and handrailing"... look on amazon

Rich