A small staircase.

[Brice Burrell]

  This past Friday I made a small staircase with the OF1400 and the MFS. While this is not the coolest project here I still thought you guys would like to see it. If you want to see more of the story, with a short video, I have it on my site, Small Staircase.

 

[Eli]

Nice one Brice.

So the packing tape was laid flat across the back of the wood strip and MFS, only to hold the wood, had nothing to do with positioning the MFS, right? Great job. Must have been fun. You still managed to get plenty of photos. Two thumbs up.

 

[Brice Burrell]

Nice one Brice.

So the packing tape was laid flat across the back of the wood strip and MFS, only to hold the wood, had nothing to do with positioning the MFS, right?

Yes, thats right, the 2 angle stops, that come wiht the MFS set, were used to help position the MFS.

Great job. Must have been fun. You still managed to get plenty of photos. Two thumbs up.

Thanks! It was kinda fun.

 

[Dan Clark]

Brice,

Great job!  For me, what is especially nice is that seeing new solutions like this yanks my brain out of it's rut!

Many thanks,

Dan.

p.s.  once again...

 

[Dan Uhlir]

    skills to pay the bills... thanks dan

 

[mntbighker]

Thanks, I need to build 2 of these soon since I just discovered that the termites have carried away the bulk of my existing access to my Mobile Home. They did not use pressure treated :-( I was hoping to use some sort of interlocking wood product to replace the crappy astro turf on my deck and stairs with some beefy plywood for the heavy lifting underneath. Any suggestions now that I know the bugs are an issue? I am looking for inexpensive (since my Festool acquisitions are putting me in the poor house), but would like the wood "look" and feel instead of the standard textile products normally used.

--Mark

 

[dirtydeeds]

brice, its a good piece of work and the use of the festool kit gives me some ideas

i appreciate that the rise and going were dictated to you, so you built it to the clients requirements

your rise and going give a slope shy of 45 degrees, does this comply with the local building regs (building codes?)

i live in a different jurisdiction so our building regs are slightly different, the maximum slope we could build to is 42 degrees (domestic)

or do your codes allow for steeper slopes on short stairs

 

[Brice Burrell]

brice, its a good piece of work and the use of the festool kit gives me some ideas

i appreciate that the rise and going were dictated to you, so you built it to the clients requirements

your rise and going give a slope shy of 45 degrees, does this comply with the local building regs (building codes?)

i live in a different jurisdiction so our building regs are slightly different, the maximum slope we could build to is 42 degrees (domestic)

or do your codes allow for steeper slopes on short stairs

  DD, no the stairs don't meet today's standards (here in the US), our building codes don't go by angles, but by tread width and riser height. The width of the threads for this project were about 9", code is 10" min., rise was 9" code is 7 3/4" max. The stairs did pass inspection, considered a repair of the existing staircase. Residential building inspectors in the US can be very lenient in some areas, they don't want it to be too hard for people to have work done on their homes. If all repairs were made to meet today's codes a lot of  work would be cost prohibitive. Most communities in my area don't want that, they want people to be able to afford to maintain their homes. When homes fall into disrepair property values drop, communities don't want to see that happen.

  You have got me thinking, I should have mentioned this in the post and on my site. Thanks for bring this up.

 

[dirtydeeds]

brice, perhaps i didnt read your comment properly

our regs are calculated in the same way, a minimum tread width and a maximum riser height. it just so happens that when you apply the dimensions they happen to give a maximum angle (domestic) of about 42 degrees

on an old property we'd also use the same "work around" by calling them repairs and maintenance

 

[Eli]

Don't forget proper headroom! That first stair off a landing can be a deal breaker.

 

[Brice Burrell]

Don't forget proper headroom! That first stair off a landing can be a deal breaker.

Yep, 6'8".

 

[Eli]

I have to deal with this in the house we just bought. It has rough framers in for a down stair, but I don't like it, the headroom wasn't done right, and it's a few inches short right at that first landing step. Not head-smacking, just close. I like to think of code as a strong suggestion how things should be in a remodel situation. Get as close as you can. ;D

 

[Brice Burrell]

I have to deal with this in the house we just bought. It has rough framers in for a down stair, but I don't like it, the headroom wasn't done right, and it's a few inches short right at that first landing step. Not head-smacking, just close. I like to think of code as a strong suggestion how things should be in a remodel situation. Get as close as you can. ;D

Making a living as a professional contractor I cannot relate to that statement at all.  My basement stairs are a head smacker!