Here is the curved stairway that I set the other day. This is the same stairway that I started a thread on saying how I had made my biggest shop mistake on. Fortunately I caught the error in time. It fit nicely. It took about 8 guys to lift it into place…then I had to hammer drill and anchor 7 inch by 1/2 inch bolts. The turret is solid concrete with 4 inches of foam and drywall on the inside.
Stan
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I'd bet there are a precious few feelings better than having a bunch of guys lift your work into place and having it fit.
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
- Fyodor Dostoyevski
Did the framers get the windows right? Are they parallel with your stringers?
Jim- Good question! I was mainly concerned with my stair fitting and didnt even consider measuring the window placement.
Just eyeballing the pictures...and if they are out of parallel...I can not say which way they are.
Of course it would be a major fix to correct. Even though my work is completely done on this stairway, I will be back for pictures someday.
Come on Stan, where is the helicopter?
Nice work by the way!
LOL, the only reason I ask is because we had to "adjust" our windows in the last turrent we framed. It wasn't a big deal though because we anticipated the problem and prepped for it...and we were still in the rough.
Nice work...those babies look heavy though.
I'm also curious about how much variance in gap you encounter against the wall. My guess would be that the studs in the wall would vary up to 3/8" in and out and that would be the variation of the gap when you put your stairs up against the drywall.
If there is a gap that wanders, how do you deal with it?
Edit: I'm guessing your stairs are truer to the theoretical circle than the wall is and that would cause the gap.
Edited 3/21/2009 10:54 pm ET by jimAKAblue
Dam nice job but what about putting one of your creative railings on them as you have done for others .
It's always a pleasure to see one of your staircases. Thanks for posting the photos, Stan.
Do you get nervous with the finished stairs being trailered on the highway, maybe getting a rock thrown against the wood?
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Eddie- I am more nervous about getting in a wreck!
This stairway is getting an all iron railing...something out of my expertise.
The walls were as much as an inch and a quarter out of round. I prestated to the contractor that I could not guarantee a piston tight fit....and that there would have to be some mudding to fix it. I did not want to put all the correction adjustments into the stairway itself.
Stan
Nice job as usual Stan.
What do you do when it rains?
Not that it rains here much. But I think you would have to set up shop in the house if you were building in Washington.
Always a pleasure to see your work"Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob
Bob- Nice hearing from you....I just stay put in the shop until the rain stops!
Stan
Laughing really loud! If we did that here in Washington the stairs would get delivered in July or August. :-)
Keeping my feet on the ground."Rather be a hammer than a nail"
Bob