Anyone ever install a stairway?

[Red88Carrera]

I built my own house back in 1999. The stairwell has been roughed in until now.
Here's my first attempt at finishing stairs...

[RWebb]

first attempt????

drop by my house sometime -- I will let you get some more "practice" in...

[bell]

I built one to heaven once........should've wrote a song about it, would've been a catchy tune.......








Nice work :-)

[intakexhaust]

Don- Nice job and if I can read your mind... very rewarding. Cheers and pour yourself a drink!

Newel post - did you turn them? Handrail is interesting with the vertical. Did you shape them?

I've racked my head on some doosey's.... interior rough frame to finish, to outside deck's and to pouring concrete, it can sometimes be the one thing in a home having the most calculations. Building codes too have changed and can make things interesting by keeping in spec., materials and floor changeouts, etc..

Time killer but lately been playing on a lathe with a custom made duplicator to turn balusters. Easier to buy off the shelf but not as much fun

[Red88Carrera]

Thanks. Yes, it is very rewarding to see the end product. Newels were purchased but I made the handrail from purchased material. The treads on the winder sections were a nightmare. I made paper templates for each winder tread. Of course you can't find a tread board that is that deep so I had to biscuit joint boards to achieve that. More time spent on the layout than actually doing the work.

[Red88Carrera]

Here's one aspect that people wouldn't even think about. Drilling square holes for the balusters.

[intakexhaust]

Don- Looks good. We call that a mortise. You must have used a square mortise bit and on a drill press attachment or seperate dedicated machine?

One time we had a custom iron spec ordered from an ornamental blacksmither. I was in the trimming only for a mansion, big job, very tricky radius stuff, etc.. Anyhow, the iron railing welded sections / assembly arrives but was built incorrect to the plans... too wide between... worker thought 4 inches meant between the ornamental portion and not at the widest portion! No code pass pal. Man, that guy was 'hot' and p.o.!

[Red88Carrera]

That's funny, I call it a mortise too
Yep, mortising attachment on the drill press.
If you can push a 4" ball between any portion of the balusters/newels--->no pass

[dad911]

Originally Posted by Red88Carrera

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If you can push a 4" ball between any portion of the balusters/newels--->no pass

Lot more to the code than that. Winders can be very hard to build and meet code, and now rails need to be continuous. Here's a really good guide:

http://www.stairways.org/Resources/Documents/2006%20Stair%20IRC%20SCREEN%20web%20download.pdf