jmbfestool
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Thursdays and Friday been working on these stairs! Never done any stairs like this before so its all new to me and learning as I am going along lol! Well I got the company I use to work for to make the stairs for me who told me once they made it that they have never made stairs like that before! Well supposed to of had it read by monday! I didnt get it till thursday!
Any way the van arrived Thursday morning and I helped unload the stairs! MAN them solid oak treads/raises where heavy! Also very wet! I was think im going to struggle doing these stairs on my own! Good job the client offered a helping lift!
Any way the weight of the stairs was really concerning me and looking at the current landing it was doing poorly and the timbers where running the wrong way! So I took the landing down and rebuilt it so the timbers where transferring the force of the stairs against the out side wall. Well I was still a bit worried as the out side wall aint that great as it has had long bars put in to keep the wall from bowing out! Well Their aint much I can do to reinforce the landing area as the area around has not be done to properly to give the landing much support doddgy builders!
Any way I decided the oak beam in the middle of the room will have to give the stairs a bit more support by having a oak beam going underneath into the oak beam and wall, its just a shame the beam is not further across so could support the stairs higher up! I hope that will support the stairs enough! Also hoping the weight of the stairs wont be that heavy once it has dried out!
The Protool chainsaw SWORD has really come in handy for cutting the oak beams as it just cuts through!
These are temp stairs the builder did for them until they got the new stairs.
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Any way the van arrived Thursday morning and I helped unload the stairs! MAN them solid oak treads/raises where heavy! Also very wet! I was think im going to struggle doing these stairs on my own! Good job the client offered a helping lift!
Any way the weight of the stairs was really concerning me and looking at the current landing it was doing poorly and the timbers where running the wrong way! So I took the landing down and rebuilt it so the timbers where transferring the force of the stairs against the out side wall. Well I was still a bit worried as the out side wall aint that great as it has had long bars put in to keep the wall from bowing out! Well Their aint much I can do to reinforce the landing area as the area around has not be done to properly to give the landing much support doddgy builders!
Any way I decided the oak beam in the middle of the room will have to give the stairs a bit more support by having a oak beam going underneath into the oak beam and wall, its just a shame the beam is not further across so could support the stairs higher up! I hope that will support the stairs enough! Also hoping the weight of the stairs wont be that heavy once it has dried out!
The Protool chainsaw SWORD has really come in handy for cutting the oak beams as it just cuts through!
These are temp stairs the builder did for them until they got the new stairs.
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