Building new stairs
We almost have new stairs!After almost 20 hours of work, we have the old stairs out and new stringers in. As you should well know by now, this project isn't just limited to the stairs. We've also repaired a heating duct that was doing a great job of circulating air inside a wall and torn down yet another wall. It turns out that the stringer was the strongest part of that wall and the rest was made almost entirely of scrap. No one knows why we were surprised by this, but we were.
This project turned out to be way more involved and expensive than we could have ever guessed (probably because we didn't look into it and just guessed). Lumber is crazy expensive for this stuff and stair treads are out of sight on price. Some options could have cost us $200 per step...we have 14 steps. ouch! Fortunately we had the invaluable help of Sean to keep everything working. Thanks Sean! And a big thanks to Matt, too, for helping us fit the treads.
As with all of the projects we learned a few fun lessons.
- it's ok for the neighbors a few houses down to blast their music, but our saw is loud enough to get a call to the police
- if you need your stairs redone, it's probably worth hiring someone. This project rated about a 2 of 10 on the fun scale.
- if you don't hire someone, measure 413 times and cut
once3 times - choose your tread style before you start
- there are no good tread options online, and even fewer in Home Depot
- paint catalogs have lots of neat stair ideas
posted by Our House @ 7:20 AM
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