Stairway To Heaven

Bone Saw

Hope this may help other deck guys, enjoy http://www.putfile.com/cdac/images/47969

RobertCDF

That could be a lot of fun to move Coming along very nicely, that is going to be one sweet staircase. I think it will almost be cooler since its made out of wood. Anyone can build a stuff like that out of metal. It takes skill to make it out of wood.

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Glasshousebltr

Good job Bone! It's nice to see other fellas out there doing the kind of crazy ***** I do.


Bob

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Bone Saw

thanx guys, I put it up here to hopefully give someone a visual looking to do something similar, bob I want to see some crazy pix, I need some inspiration for future projects

Gordo

I like the pencil sharpener on the wall.

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Bone Saw

got the stairs positioned today to drill 4 more footings, they will be tucked in closer than what the pix show. Stained to match rest of framing and cayanne 1x12 capping treads. opposing stairs are ready to pop outta the molds tommorow http://www.putfile.com/cdac/images/47969

RobertCDF

That is nuts. They look sweet in place...

BTW what happened with the tile guys?

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Stone Mountain

Impressive!

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BuiltByMAC

Right on, man! When alls said and done, you ought to pony up the dough to get some aerial shots (or quasi-aerial) of that project. That's a brochure pic waiting to be discovered. Call your TREX rep, see if they're interested -

Mac

snapper21

Nice Work !!

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Bone Saw

thanx guys, more stair shots

RobertCDF

I like the straps for the rail posts... I do the exact same thing. Best way to keep them tight.

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dayspring

It is very, very nice work! I only have one question, of which I'm sure you have the answer to. Doesn't the tread span, outside stringer to outside stringer require stringers to hold the tread up between them? I may have missed something in the pics, if I did forgive me. I am not cutting your work, I think it is top knotch! Just wondering.

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Bone Saw

I hear what you're saying and I pondered it myself when designing, Hopefully I can explain. when laying out a stringer on a 2x12 (as it pertains to decking) you end up with about 5" +/- of meat left in the stringers chord, whereas In my case there is the full 7-1/4" and 9-1/4" of the stringers chord.
So lets say you have a set of stairs 4' wide;
cut stringers: (4)stringers @ 5"+/- = 20"+/- of structural chordage

end stringers: (2) stringers @ 7-1/4" and 9-1/4" = 16-1/2" of structural chordage

the 3-1/2" difference is of minimal signifigance, ultimately any deflection along the stairs run can be eliminated with intermediate support.

far as deflection in the treads, depends on what you use for treads and their span, for greater widths aluminum with a channel bend front and back would probably offer the best strength/weight ratio. In my case I cut em out of select 2x12 there is no deflection when I step on them, if the stairs were say 5 or 6' wide I prolly would have used PTLVL for the treads. I hope this helps, and I hope the pix help someone doing similar work

Bone Saw

almost done, couple more days, Hey Terry Howz your project comming along, lets see some updated pix http://www.putfile.com/album/59906/?page=11

Bone Saw

hopefully marty will chime in, I wish we had some other decking reps in here too. since completing this project a little over 2 years ago, customer has done some amazing things to the back yard. aside from the already beautiful home and serene landscape and setting, he has an amazing paver patio and stunning pool which along with my deck, really make this home a showpiece.

now to my question,

if given the opportunity to tear off the decking and railing and redo, could there be interest (marketing or otherwise) among manufacturers to have their product on this deck???

lets hear some product and color scheme scenarios.

will wait for feedback before continuing. tia

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MartyCD

Bone, sometimes we have done photo discounts, something like that - a promotional discount for a deck that we can use in a photo shoot, usually direct to the homeowner.
Marty

John Hyatt

Are there problems with the decking/rail after 2 years? J.