Much as we all enjoyed climbing scaffolding to get to the loft, once the floor was installed downstairs, it was time to put in a stairway. Because of the look we wanted, it had to be fabricated on site.
We chose to make the stringers for the stairway out of the laminated boards the framers used for the house structure. They are stronger than wood of the same thickness (at least the wood we were considering). It took some sanding to get them smooth enough to have a relatively uniform surface when painted.
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| The painted braces drying on the beam to the lower deck |
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| Dave moved a single temporary tread up the stairway to kneel on as he added braces. |
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| Dave pretending to find funny the inevitable "Stairway to Heaven" reference. |
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| Braces installed |
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| You can see the oak floor hasn't been laid in the loft yet. Something about the floor installers not wanting to climb up and down a ladder during installation. Some people . . . . |
Since there was still so much work to be done upstairs, we installed temporary treads for the duration of major construction; that way the permanent treads wouldn't be damaged.
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| Best not to look down. The permanent steps will be deeper, so the view won't be quite as scary. |
Next: the galvanized railing.
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