Bloody Stairs - Sat Sun 26.3.11

I gave it much thought followed by us spending much time measuring and remeasuring. We decided to move the stairs a bit, The upside - we could have a newel post from ground floor to top floor and we'd gain a bigger landing. The down side - we lose the top floor shower room, well, we have to move it.

So here it is, on Monday night, still safety roped. We still go up and down the ladder to bedfordsire.

After all that measuring, we were JUST short of headroom.

BUILDING REGS - DAMN!

Those stairs are going back where they came from, no, not MEACO, (the company that made them) just to the position we had them before this move. 

HO HUM : )

Stairing A problem In The Face

today we spent a bit of time working out the structural details. You know, the ones that mean the stairs will stay put when we take out the wedges and chocks that hold it in place. 

Anything we put in place now needs to fit in with the next phase of stair building. As we're putting the stairs in from the TOP DOWN, we have a few unique difficulties.

 The joist holding up the staircase has been permanently fixed into position. The newel post is in hand (something a bit different) and the beam to support the top of the stairs will have to be found, as it will be an exposed one. Doesn't have to be, but why not add in even more character while we have the chance.

Me, once the brain work was over, I built a couple of  IKEA kitchen cupboards to go into The Turn Around House. It's the last job in their kitchen.

It only took 10 minutes to get this far!

and another 2 hours to get to this point. Both cupboards have fairly major modifications. Hopefully, they'll fit to perfection.

FINGERS CROSSED!

Stairs Arrival Thursday 22.7.10

It's been many weeks since we touched our RESTORATION PROJECT.  When dad went home at the end of May, it marked the beginning of summer and the birthday season.

What does that mean?

It meant we would be too busy to devote whole days to the project, so it's been on hold ever since. Apart, that is, from selecting a good local joiner and submitting the plans of the staircase (such as they are) to them.............................................

Yippeeeee

THE STAIRS ARE HERE!!!!

After many weeks of waiting they were delivered today. Very chunky, very plain. 

SIMPLE STAIRS FOR A SIMPLE COTTAGE.

SIMPLY PERFECT.

Made in Nailsworth by MEACO. What a blindin' team of CRAFTSMEN.

I know what you're thinking, and I'm not sure yet. I'll be doing a bit more more on the house over a couple of weeks in August; work schedule permitting, and definitely as from September. The stairs should be in and the floors made good, plus the lofts' floorboards relaid and its' insulation completed by Christmas..........Then we can run some wiring and partition off the shower room ready to fit out and tile before next summer. 

THAT'LL BE ONE WAY TO KEEP WARM OVER THE WINTER!!

Then it's FINAL FIX - MOVE DOWN ONE FLOOR - START ALL OVER AGAIN!