stairs

HI everyone. Our staircase had no balustrade leading down to a drop down into the hallway. My other half crafted one when we had kids to prevent falls. Now we want to rent the house and I said we should remove it because I doubt it's up to building standards. He thinks we should leave it. It has...

Okay lads, I’ve ordered a sofa and it has arrived. But my narrow new build stairsdoes not accommodate it. Can I cut out this newel post so it bends around? Attached/below. My only other option is to take out a full double window frame, which sounds a lot of hassle.

We want to add a cupboard under the stairs and upon creating a hole where we want the door we found a large cross beam in the way that is attached to the newel post. We have a dog leg stairs with a turn landing. Is this beam just belts and braces and can I remove it without affecting the newel...

Hi - I’ve been attempting to buy and put together oak fittings to house a glass balustrade and just looking for some advice (from those with more experience than me!), in how best to connect up the handrail most securely where it meets the ceiling of the ground floor. I have but Baserail in and...

Hi all, I am planning on modifying the ladder that goes into my my loft to make it less steep. I have attached a photo. I plane put new shorted elbow hinges in and then adding a folding extension onto the current bottom of the ladder. Just wondering if anyone see any caveats with this plan...

Good Morning, The previous owners started to utilse the space underneath the stairs as storage and I want to open it up a lot more. I have the following challenges: 1) The stairs creak underfoot. 2) You will see from the images its a mess and the classic a block of wood and more nails will do...

Had a 2 storey side extension. These are stairs where the wall breaks through. Are they acceptable? One thing which isn't obvious from the photos, they aren't level and they actually feel "weird" when you stand on them. (Last photo done in better light)

I've recently bought my first property (mid-terraced), and I have a question about the stairs. I know that the general and safest answer is "consult a structural engineer", but I'd like to just get a rough idea of whether or not what I want to do is possible. My stairs at the minute come from...

I would love a steer on the way to go with this newel installation at the top of the stairs. for anyone wondering, the extra bit of timber attached to the inside of the stringer is how I am offsetting the newel and handrail slightly to avoid new handrail clashing with the landing ceiling. So...

My next DIY project is replacing naff cheap late 70s horizontal bannisters for new traditional spindle handrail version You can see the bottom of the stairs and stringer in picture 1 and the newly post I'm getting in picture 2. From the various videos I have watched on the topic I am thinking...

Hi there, My wife decided that the space under the stairs wasn’t being utilised properly so asked me to open up the space to see what could be done with it. I’m wondering if anyone could give me some advice on if this is is structural/supporting brick wall or not? Cheers, Jeff

Hi, I'm trying to decide if it's best to construct stringers from a singe length of wood or by composite, i.e cut out the risers separately and then attach them to another length of wood. Would the composite method be stronger, due to the uncompromised nature of the backer piece? (I'll be using...

So the riser on the bottom step is not secured where it meets the chipboard floor. I can’t screw it into the floor because the chipboard ends right under the riser and there is a void. The riser flexes alot. How can I secure the riser so it doesn’t sound like its broken when it gets kicked?

hey, i got stairs up to first floor which are nicely painted and Stairs from first floor to second need painting and are different colour. Got two question. 1) How to paint the stairs from first to second floor, I got a wood stain but the white gloss paint that is already painted does not like...

Hello fellow DIYer's. I'm thinking of refurbishing my stairs by painting them completely and adding either a runner or stair mats. I also have a half landing that currently has floor boards. The idea is to paint all of the stairs and the bullnoses of the half landing and replace the floorboards...

We moved to a 1950s detached house in September which has a cupboard space under the stairs. I've noticed some quite heavy condensation inside it which you can see in the attached pictures. The cupboard does smell faintly damp and there was a lot of mould / blown plaster on the walls here before...

Hello, I have just moved into a 300 year old cottage. The bottom two steps of the staircase have dropped and I now want to replace them. I’ve taken them up and removed a lot of old wood and debris. the floor below the stairs is just dirt. Has any got any suggestions as to how I best support...

I would like to improve the appearance of this 1950's ex-council staircase. I've explored beneath the plasterboard but there's nothing of beauty hiding there. So I want to rip it all out and replace with an elegant varnished wood. It looks like I can only run a handrail and spindles up as...

Hi All, I got a question, can someone help? My house is semi and extending to 2 storey. From the stairs I’ll go up and from landing if I turn left and one step climb I’ll go to existing rooms. If turn right I’ll go to new rooms. I would like to know what is the building reg minimum...

Hey all. The gaps between the tread and risers let’s lots of dust and debris through to the storage underneath the stairs. We want to stop this from happening and paint the inside to make it look a bit more finished. Can I bond mdf directly to the underside of the tread and raisers to block...