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Friday


The skirt trim needs to be installed before the stairs; that keeps the pretty finish cuts much simpler.

I spent the whole day carefully measuring and cutting these boards. They're ridiculously expensive pieces of wood; I didn't want to make any mistakes.





Success was getting far enough I could put a first coat of finish on them.


Saturday

Two more coats of finish on the skirts.

While those dried, I installed the last two riser spacers.


I rounded the exposed edge of the car decking floor to help it fit in with the round noses of the oak stair treads that will lead up to it.



I mowed the weeds.


And I saw this little guy. I didn't know we had mantises here! The praying worked; he or she escaped the mower.


Sunday

The skirts are dry, so they got installed.



I made pieces of trim that go where treads and risers need to abut them, and got them finish coated.

I cut and installed most of the risers, excepting the two that should be fit over the landing flooring.


This one riser was warped, which called for an elaborate clamp while the glue dried.


Here are the completed risers on the top section of stairs. You can also see the trim pieces I installed near the top step so the riser could be fit neatly between them.



Tomorrow Doug returns to sand and finish the rest of the floors, which will include installing the stair treads.


Tuesday


Doug sent these photos of the upstairs floors. Looking good!

















Comments

  1. JSeptember 14, 2022 at 9:22 AM

    What a giant puzzle. Nice woodworking. Measure a dozen times, cut once! Congrats!

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