Congrats my friend. I eventually will have to learn about how to build steps myself and luckily not quite as many as you. grin.
On Jun 14, 2010, at 9:36 AM, Dan Rossi wrote: > 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: [email protected] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [email protected] 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/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [email protected]! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
