Your garland should be the length of your stair railing with an additional foot per swag. Also take into account if you want it to cascade down the newel post. How do you secure garland without nails? There are so many ways to secure a garland to the stairs without using nails. Comman...
Can I put a slide on my stairs? Yes! We’ll show you how to build a sturdy DIY stair slide for kids that’s easily removable when needed. Follow this tutorial to upgrade your stairs to the fun center of your home, or the perfect entrance to a basement play room or rec room. You...
The initial stages of your deck design and build should focus on what you want from your deck. Do you want to entertain friends and family? Will you use it year-round? Do you want to add a grill, table, and deck planters? What about stairs and railings? The Trex® AR Visualizer ...
How to Build Deck Steps and Stairs Written By: Decks Team Published on December 13, 2022 Save Building deck stairs can be challenging because potential mistakes exist at different stages, from landing pad and railing issues to misalignments with the stair tread step dimensions, rises, and depths...
They painted the porch floor black and also changed the window shutter color from red to blue. Because they have little ones, they made a swinging gate for both ends of the porch to match the balustrade (railings). By moving the porch stairs from the center to the driveway side, they...
Water features, in navigational parlance, are commonly known as ‘handrails’. This is because they can be used, like a railing that helps you walk up or down a flight of stairs, to guide you parallel to your desired course of travel. ...
Walking Down Stairs with Non-Graspable Handrail No one can grasp a wide handrailing like the one in our photo above, nor use it to arrest a fall. However it is nice to lean-on. My daughter Mara fell down these angled stairs (above) where the very fat upper guardrail surface was the...
Of course, you also need to measure the entryways, doors, height clearances, and stairways in order to plan an appropriate escape route for your furniture. Also, pay attention to obstacles such as railings, ceiling fans, etc. Proper measurements will let you know not only ifyour furniture ...
The weather is finally perfect for getting outside and trying new science ideas like our outdoor pulley for kids. We have made some simple pulleys with a cardboard box and rope thrown over the railing of our indoor stairs andthis simple PVC pipe pulley system. ...
To site the beams, pull a level string from the top of the house ledger board to the posts. To fasten the beams, you can cut the posts and place them on top or, if you want to use the posts to support railings, leave them tall and attach the beam to the sides. ...