Get ready to decorate for the holidays with this simple and creative guide to hanging garland on the stairs. Create a show-stopping aesthetic with faux greenery, ribbon, pine cones and more! When we moved into our home a few years ago, I was so excited about the staircase because I never...
In many communities, we can see all kinds of auxiliary upstairs machinery, which not only makes it convenient for people carrying heavy objects, but more importantly, it is convenient for the elderly to go up and down the stairs. Most public places such
This meant we knew we had room to add the slide and still have room to walk up and down the stairs. The DIY stair slide is 18″ wide to fit kids and adults, and there is still 27″ of walking space next to the slide on the handrail side! We also chose to end our slide at ...
When deciding where to put your deck stairs, you must consider several important factors. Start by thinking about foot traffic on the deck and where people naturally enter and leave the deck. You want to place the stairs where they are easily accessible, but you also don’t want to disrupt...
Concrete stairs - A diamond core drilled hole with the hand rail set into epoxy. The cover plate is held out of the way with tape until the floor is sealed and finished. Note, if this looks odd, it is because the handrail that is on a flat slab has a slope out of vertical to the...
idea. Many appraisers will say that big trees make a house worth more. Your friends and neighbors will be jealous of your new deck with big trees that stick straight up into the sky. They may have to put up shade sails to stay cool on hot summer days, but you get the shade for ...
That workplaces had to be safe, that if there was a spill, it had to be cleaned up, that there were rails on the stairs, handrails on the stairs, and you had to hold the handrail on the stairs, these kinds of things. But today, equally as important is psychological safety, and ...
Screw an eye screw or hook screw into the bottom of the handrail on opposite ends of an open railing. Use a carabiner or s-hook on both ends of the line to make it removable when not in use. Screw an eye hook at opposite sides of an infrequently-used door opening, near the top (...
Helpful DIY advice on how to repair loose, squeaky, or broken stairs, handrails, balusters, posts and other stair parts.
them to the deck framing with a Strong-Tie Framing Angle. Mark the staircase angle support position on both stringers. Install the Staircase Angles using the manufacturer-recommended fasteners, and then install the stair treads. Stairs of more than three steps should have handrails on each side....