One of the things I’ve been looking forward to is the elimination of the open barn wood steps in our great room. The new stairway in the addition replaces them and yesterday was the day for “the honorary Dr. Destructo” (me) to do the deed. It took a few hours because I wanted to be careful not to damage the floor, etc., but in retrospect, I am so happy that the job is done. Those steps were an accident waiting to happen with very poor construction and a lot of wood that was marginal in strength and quality.
After getting them down, it was time to carefully repair the barn wood wall where the old stair landing was previously located. Longer boards were needed and I was able to use the bottom railing from up on the landing for part of the filler. I did need to butt-splice two pieces, but it will not be glaringly noticeable once the room is put back together. There were three small areas to repair on the floor, but some careful dye application followed by shellac made them all but disappear.
I’m happy to say that we are now ready for Myron, the stair-master, to start his work later in the week, installing a new railing system across the loft and into the addition.
Here's a bunch of pictures of the whole job including the tool use!
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