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tag: stairs

Sustainable Temporary Stairs

ChuckB, senior editor | May 23rd, 20121 comment

New product - temporary stair-system can be re-used over and over. It's safe, elegant and fool-proof.

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Rustic Stairway

aw, member | March 30th, 2012

The structure of this stair is simplicity itself. A massive Aspen log spans diagonally from basement slab to the floor framing above. The log was notched to accept thick Walnut treads, which...

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Walnut Stairway with Scalloped Stringers

aw, member | March 30th, 2012

This striking stairway was created from a neglected stack of walnut boards, milled & set to dry in the family's barn 20 years before by the grandfather. Timbergreen Farm was hired to design & install...

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Vintage Stair Recreated

aw, member | March 29th, 2012

This vintage style stairway is made from salvaged newel posts, with one more recreated to match.  Carpentry by Bruce Hamachek of Spring Green, Wisconsin.

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The Professor's House

RYagid, senior editor | March 28th, 2012

A University of Oregon professor designed her family home to respect its steep, natural setting.

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New Stairs built from temporary construction stairs.

G_Moi, member | March 27th, 20121 comment

Replacing temperary stair treads with new solid fir stair treads. The treads are made from 2 x 12's and attached with angle brackets and lag bolts.

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Lessons From The Road

RYagid, senior editor | March 9th, 2012

When designing your home don't be afraid to be unique or original.

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Handrail

carpenter1138, member | February 7th, 20121 comment

Out with the old and in with the new style of handrail.

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Closet Storage

carpenter1138, member | February 7th, 2012

There was a waste of space inside a closet under a stairway that needed to be used for storage and to hold some entertainment componets. The back wall was removed (sheetrock, framing) new framing for...

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Design snapshot: Stair with flair

KHS, Contributor | December 15th, 20114 comments

Architect Katie Hutchison shares a House Enthusiast "Design snapshot" of a well-crafted Georgian stair.

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Sculpted Staircase Railing

MWedekind, member | November 3rd, 20111 comment

I designed and built this sculpted staircase railing in a newly constructed house near Palmer, Alaska.  It's made of cherry and black walnut with glass panels.  Strips of cherry are bent on...

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Basement Addition Harper & Company Homes

HobbleCreek, member | October 24th, 20112 comments

We completed this basement addition by excvating the crawl space beneath the existing home and adding a new foundation. The addition added over 1300 square feet to the house and provided the...

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winder stairs

OSL, member | August 22nd, 20111 comment

asked by customer to put the old winder stairs back... this was fun!

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How To Cut Tenons for Deck Rails with a Tablesaw

cmiller, special-issues editor | July 29th, 20112 comments

A round tenon is a solid way to secure a baluster to a deck railing. Chuck Miller shows how to make a simple jig to cut your own in this episode of "There's a Better Way."

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stair fix

carpenter1138, member | July 16th, 2011

Stair landing fix.

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New Stair Railing

carpenter1138, member | June 29th, 20112 comments

This is a over-the-post design handrail. All parts, even the newel posts are bolted together.

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Jack helping us move the basement stairs

b_ward, member | March 16th, 2011

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We got 2-year-old Jack, a Shetland Sheepdog, a month ago from a couple that could no longer keep him.  He is new at...

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Steps in the Right Direction: Use SketchUp's Tools for Stairbuilding Plans

TheTimberTailor, member | March 2nd, 2011

The staircase model created in the Stairmathter blog post gets filled in with more details and components to calculate meaningful dimensions for code compliance and finish features

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Stairmathter: Use SketchUp to Master the Math for Stairbuilding

TheTimberTailor, member | February 25th, 201113 comments

Create a digital layout using jobsite dimensions and let SketchUp do the math to calculate cutting dimensions and angles for stair stringers accounting for finish floor thicknesses and other pertinent information.

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Carving a stair railing transition

ChuckB, senior editor | December 6th, 20103 comments

Here's a way to make a rail fitting that's customized to your particular staircase.

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