Where exit stair path markings are required in Chapters 11 through 43, such markings shall. It's Saturday and it's been a week since I tore the carpet off the stairs. Folding and holding strips of sandpaper while spinning the spindle. We had just planned restoring the handrail and balusters down the center and they painted the sides of it, but the. Here's how to fix squeaky stairs, and what steps to.