Carpeting hides a multitude of sins! Alan
Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rossi" <d...@andrew.cmu.edu> To: "Blind Handyman List" <BlindHandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 6:36 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Basement stairs >I can now mostly, safely, traverse from the first floor of my house, to > the basement, without having to leave the house. The last step is a bit > of a doozy since I haven't completed the landing, so there is a > double-high step at the bottom. > > As per usual, my design far exceeded any actual skill I might possess. > Overall, I believe the stairs look pretty nice, albeit, with a few > imperfections showing here and there. > > On two or three of the treads, the nose does not seat completely against > the stringer, leaving a very slight gap. There is one noticeable notch in > the corner of a tread where I made a booboo with my router. I was using a > plunge router with the multi-step little doodad. Well, I turned the > doodad the wrong way, and instead of plunging 1/4 of an inch, I plunged > 3/4 of an inch before I realized what I did. > > Apparently, looking from the bottom up, the illusion is that the steps are > sloping. The problem is that the treads are dead level, but the kitchen > floor isn't. So when you are looking up the stairs, you see a noticeable > difference between the edge of the top tread, and the kitchen floor. > > I completely screwed up the bottoms of the stringers, but can essentially > compensate for that when I build the landing. > > I routed a decorative Roman Ogee profile on the inside top edge of the > stringers. > > Lifting the stairs into place was challenging, but not impossible. I just > kept lifting the upper end and wedging boards between the floor and one of > the treads, until it was wedged into place. > > I hope to finish the lower landing this week, then I just need to think > about a railing at some point. > > I'm just happy to be able to walk up and down to and from the basement > again. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links > > > >
