Work on the stair railing begins!!
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wrote on 6 Jun 2024, 15:12 last edited by
The carpenter brought the balusters and jewel post and railing today, yay!!!
Let’s see if I can post a photo from my phone …
No evidently. Hmm
Stay tuned…
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wrote on 6 Jun 2024, 15:15 last edited by
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wrote on 6 Jun 2024, 15:16 last edited by ShiroKuro 6 Jun 2024, 15:17
Ok I figured it out.
Anyway this photo might seem pretty to boring but the point is 1) look at the color, I'm very pleased! 2) check out that newel post! I didn’t think the round-y ones matched the rest of the house, so this should e quite nice.
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wrote on 6 Jun 2024, 17:25 last edited by
It should be good. I'll be waiting to see a photo of the finished installation, including how it accommodates the existing carpet.
Big Al
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It should be good. I'll be waiting to see a photo of the finished installation, including how it accommodates the existing carpet.
Big Al
wrote on 6 Jun 2024, 17:36 last edited by@Big_Al said in Work on the stair railing begins!!:
I'll be waiting to see ... how it accommodates the existing carpet.
Me too!!
The carpet is a bit of a gamble. I can't remember if I posted about this already, but basically, the carpenter originally said he would pull back the carpet and then we could have a carpet layer come in and replace it (i.e. use the same carpet).
Well I spoke with a few carpet stores and they said "nope, not gonna work, we won't do that." Basically because stairwells use too many staples, they said that the carpet wouldn't really be in good shape to go back, no matter how carefully you pulled back the carpet or removed the staples.
So he's going to try to put holes in the carpet and put the balusters in that way. I figure it's worth a try, since if it works, great, but if it doesn't work, I'd have to replace the carpet completely, which is what we would have to do if he didn't try it.
We'll know in a few days here!
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wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 21:24 last edited by
He's almost done!!! Yay!!!! He's coming back tomorrow (rather than wait until Monday) - double yay!!!
Check it out:
Did I post about the carpet on the stairs? It looks like it's going to work out, I'm very relieved!
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wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 22:21 last edited by
That's looking very good. How did he fit the posts in the carpet so neatly?
Big Al
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wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 22:42 last edited by
That looks great! Is there handrail on the wall above where the stair railing begins? (Handrail on both sides?)
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That looks great! Is there handrail on the wall above where the stair railing begins? (Handrail on both sides?)
wrote on 8 Jun 2024, 22:53 last edited byThanks everyone! I’m super pleased!!
@Big_Al said in Work on the stair railing begins!!:
That's looking very good. How did he fit the posts in the carpet so neatly?
Big Al
No idea!
@AdagioM said in Work on the stair railing begins!!:
That looks great! Is there handrail on the wall above where the stair railing begins? (Handrail on both sides?)
There will be. He started from the bottom, so he’s not to that point yet. I suspect he’s saved the easiest part for last.
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wrote on 9 Jun 2024, 15:19 last edited by
Looks great. That post at the bottom will interfere with sliding down.
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wrote on 9 Jun 2024, 16:21 last edited by
Chas
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wrote on 9 Jun 2024, 18:24 last edited by
All done!!
Yay!!! Also he said he’d be finished by the 10th and he was?
It looks really good I’m so glad we didn’t do a solid wall!!!
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wrote on 9 Jun 2024, 18:33 last edited by
Very nicely done! Glad he was able to work with the existing carpet. It looks almost new and it would have been a shame to have to replace it.
Congratulations. When is your move date?
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wrote on 10 Jun 2024, 00:31 last edited by
Excellent. I'm glad you installed it and that it turned out so well.
Big Al
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wrote on 10 Jun 2024, 01:15 last edited by
Wow, that looks fantastic!
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wrote on 10 Jun 2024, 01:31 last edited by
That looks perfect!
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wrote on 10 Jun 2024, 02:15 last edited by ShiroKuro 6 Oct 2024, 02:15
Thanks everyone! Yep, it couldn’t have worked out better! And I’m so glad we didn’t do an actual wall there instead, esp. given how nice the room is down there.
And I am glad we got it installed now, before we moved. It’s definitely safer, and it’s one of those things that if you didn’t do right away, it would just stay that way forever. Until someone fell off the stairs
