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Sanding it down....







Building stairs with decent tread to riser ratios is one of the most difficult things for builders to do. As we have 32 stairs from the first floor to the third floor, comfortable stairs are mighty important to us.....Before we can go for final inspection we have to have our stair treads and hand rails installed. On Saturday Jeff's brother brought in some dried red oak and milled it into the shape that we want for our stair nosing. Once Scott was done, Mike took over with the sander and made all 32 peices look shiny smooth....Click here to go to a great article on stair design: http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/framecarp/technique/stairs/outdoor.htm

I love the tag line for hammerzone.com. (Better Living Through Handymanlyness)

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