Comments on: Stairs Complete – Odd Tread Design

By: Bill Hutchison

Bill Hutchison — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:25:20 +0000

Here is a better photo of the finished and painted staircase:

http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/10/12/our-finished-open-tread-staircase/

By: Bill Hutchison

Bill Hutchison — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:18:54 +0000

Hi Anne, sorry for the delay getting back to you.

If I had known how much our external stairs would have cost, knowing we were also planning on internal stairs, I would not have done the external stairs. They cost close to $15,000 if I remember correctly, and I would have preferred to have put that money towards a new kitchen or something.

Here is what our final stairs looked like, http://www.renovateaustralia.com/2008/09/15/internal-staircase-construction-complete/. We were quite happy with them and had them done by a local builder.

I think that because the regulations are so strict about stairs I would not try to do it myself, but that probably reflects my lack of skills when it comes to building.

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:56:30 +0000

What option did you go with for internal stairs- After so much rain we have finally decided to go back to our original plan and put the stairs inside our modern Qldr.. Did you source them locally? Is it a handyman job? and yes we also will need a more narrow than usual step as will go into what was once a bedroom/office. cheers

By: Bill Hutchison

Bill Hutchison — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:43:55 +0000

Thanks L, I was wondering if that might be the case. I don’t really understand though why the stairs weren’t just built properly in the first place to avoid adding the extra bit in front to decrease the space between the treads…

By: L

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:39:26 +0000

2nd set of stairs have the extra thickening not for reinforcing, but so that the maximum opening between treads is 125mm. Require by the Building Code of Australia.

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