Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Finished staircase

Final touches on the staircase:

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Holy cow it's stairs.

I really grew attached to the double 2x4 treads that served as temporary stairs along with the 15' 2x4 nailed across the loft area to keep you from falling into the living room. So needless to say, I was quite surprised when I showed up and saw the following:


The clamps you see were actually pretty interesting. They rip the hand rail into 5 approximately .5" pieces and proceed to smash it between 2 pieces of hard plastic and bend it to the exact radius of the stairs. So they start halfway up at a straight part, then bend the wood to the shape it needs to be. Once the wood takes on the correct shape, they reglue all the pieces together and it looks like one nice bent stair rail. Pretty cool!

Friday, May 2, 2008

How 'bout a snag?

It's really no fun building a house if everything goes right. Right? A couple problem areas with water popped up creeping into the living room/kitchen area and the front door. They weren't too bad in that none of the interior walls got wet (or insulation) and didn't do any damage.