Sunday, October 31, 2004
Ready for new stairs
I've been working hard for the last few days on getting Poire ready for the new staircase. I know I started it over a month ago, but it's not been an easy job. There has been alot of patching and filling to fiddly detail work to erase all traces of the old stairs and prepare for the new set. The stair hole has been enlarged to cater for the shallower angle of the new stairs, consequently an upstairs wall has been moved, a new cross beam for the landing (which has moved 15cm forward to give more head room and make the site of the stair gate more secure), new lighting circuits (more holes and filling) for the stairs (two-way switch), a light for the lounge (the light used to be on the wall supporting the old stairs which has now been removed), an outside light (while I was there ! [btw drilling a hole through a meter thick wall with a 40cm long drill bit is not easy]), painting patched walls and ceilings and finally cleaning and treating newly exposed beams (bigger hole).
If my measurements are correct the new stairs should just slot straight in. Just a 10 minute job :-)
We have not got a delivery date for the new stairs, but at least now I can shift all my tools into the barn and start working on a 'green field' site. It's much easier with a fresh start.
| 6:56:35 PM
Ready for new stairs
