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Since the new internal stairs are finally almost ready for us to use we have removed our old rear external staircase. The old rear staircase actually consisted of half of the old (per-house lift) front stairs welded to the original rear stairs. The railing was a single 2 x 4 attached to the house at [...]

The stairs are finished and we are able to start painting. They have turned our really well. The dark Kwila timber stair treads actually manage to flow quite well with the pine floorboards up the top. I was actually quite surprised that they turned out almost the same colour as the Western Red Cedar louvers [...]

On the third day of our stairway construction the landing was put on in the middle of the staircase and the plasterer started on the plastering. Because the area that we are putting the staircase isn’t very big I was tempted to put in winders instead of a landing. The landing takes up about the [...]

If you are looking at increasing the living area of your house you are probably looking at one of two options: Build a house extension Add another story to your house Which option you choose can depend on: City council zoning laws Appearance of the House from the Street Costs This web-site has documented a [...]