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   bake_ | Jan 23, 2002 05:41pm | #1

   *
   Here is what was lurking underneath, I am wondering if there is a patent on this method?

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   samcoinc_ | Jan 23, 2002 05:50pm | #2

   *funny I like to use 4X4 and rail road ties when I do it that way.sam

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   Joe_Hennessey | Jan 23, 2002 06:43pm | #3

   *Is there a body in that rolled up blue tarp?

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   Roger_Martini | Jan 23, 2002 06:46pm | #4

   *I think you found the guy's secret wood stash.

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   Pro-Dek | Jan 23, 2002 07:07pm | #5

   *Bake- that is the funniest thing I've ever seen. I had to save that photo.Normally when you add steps you lessen the rise. What was this guy trying to accomplish?Bob

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   Bill_Flather | Jan 23, 2002 08:41pm | #6

   *That's amazing. Around here you occasionaly run into 150 yr old homes that are constructed of, get this, stacked 2x4s. I guess at the time, the lumber was really plentiful and the skill level needed to build one of these was really minimal, just labor intensive. Same thing here?

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   Stan_Foster | Jan 24, 2002 01:10am | #7

   *Now thats a new meaning for "solid wood" construction.

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   Mr.T | Jan 24, 2002 02:30am | #8

   *Did they squeak?T

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   Rich_Watkins | Jan 24, 2002 04:00am | #9

   *Stan Fosters first staircase built when he was 4 years old.

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   Stan_Foster | Jan 24, 2002 05:19am | #10

   *Rich: How about 4 years ago?

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   Armin_ | Jan 24, 2002 05:58am | #11

   *I think you guys got it all wrong. The builder probably wanted to save a trip to the landfill and just shoved all the job scraps underneath the stairs. Heck, or maybe it was just a prototype and for his next project he's gonna glue up a whole dump truck load of scraps and carve a circular staircase with a chain saw.

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   bake_ | Jan 24, 2002 09:14am | #12

   *Hows about these bottle stuffed walls, circa 1950 ish

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   David_H._Polston | Jan 25, 2002 05:28am | #13

   *So ...That's not how you build stairs?=o/

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    Pro-Dek | Jan 25, 2002 07:39am | #14

    *After further study of the picture I think the guy tried to lessen his rise by adding 2 steps and one heck of alot of lumber. Looks like he went from a 9 3/4" rise to about an 8"rise. Now I know what to save all my scrap decking for.

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    bake_ | Jan 25, 2002 09:18am | #15

    *Pro Deck, I think you won all the bannanaa!

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    piffin_ | Feb 02, 2002 05:34pm | #16

    *Bake, I had to cut out a piece of concrete basement floor that was craked to place a footing for a new fireplace and chimney. The old concrete had a bout that many beer bottles and cans in it. A new aggregate.I think I under stand what happened with these stairs though - I once had to convince an owner of the proper layout for a flight (paperwork did nothing for him - drawings meant nothing until he could walk it- so I stacked up a lot of cribbing to simunlate the run and let him mount up. After approval, we built the real thing.So what happenned here is that the owner needed to convince his wife that he knew what he was doing and stacked all the firewood in place to approximate the new set of stairs. She liked it and went to visit her mother with the kids for a few days so he could get the job done. He called his buddies over for a beer/stair party that weekend. One beer led to another and a few more people stopped by with a couple cute co-eds wanting to study stair climbing. One step led to another and finally, one morning he woke up and said, "Oh S@$%, she'll be home tomorrow mornig and we haven't started on rebuilding the stairs yet!"And as you can see by the evidence, my storey is true...so I'm sticking to it

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    Don_Lockman | Feb 03, 2002 02:53am | #17

    *Maybe this was his version of a Glu-lam.

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    piffin_ | Feb 03, 2002 03:59am | #18

    *or a screw lamHe screwed it together, then went on the lamm.......

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    bake_ | Feb 14, 2002 05:17pm | #19

    *I have been busy building a new staircase, here a shot of them not quite finished.cheers bake