Simply Stairs.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreward -- Glossary -- 1 Let's Talk Stairs! -- The language of stairs -- Setting out terms -- Building Regulations -- Measuring up -- 2 Staircase Calculations -- 3 Tools of the Trade -- Making a router jig -- Provision for wedges -- 4 Straight-flight Stairs -- Using calculations to design the staircase -- Cutting list and timber preparation -- Marking out the strings -- Routing the strings -- Preparing the newel posts -- Preparing the treads -- Draw-bore preparation -- Ancillary components and final prepartion before assembly -- Staircase assembly -- Protection of stairs during and after delivery -- 5 L-shaped Stairs with Quarter Landing -- Staircase dimensions -- Staircase calculations -- Cutting list -- Gluing up -- Marking out the strings -- Preparing the newel posts -- Providing mitred nosing returns to straight treads -- Ancillary components and final preparation before assembly -- Staircase assembly -- Quarter landing -- Final installation -- 6 L-shaped Stairs with Kite and Winders -- Building Regulations -- Staircase dimensions -- Staircase calculations -- Setting out -- Geometry -- Use of scale drawings -- Cutting list -- Preparation of wall and return strings -- String marking and routing -- Preparing the newel posts -- Preparing the treads -- Fitting the winders -- Preparing the landing nosing -- Ancillary components and final preparation before assembly -- Staircase assembly -- Pre-fitting the winding steps before delivery -- On-site prepartion prior to fixing -- Final installation -- 7 Dogleg Stairs with Half-turn Landing -- Stairwell dimensions -- Staircase dimensions -- Preparing the straight flights -- Preparing the newel posts -- Staircase assembly -- Half landing -- Final installation -- 8 Circular Stairs -- Building Regulations -- Staircase design and dimensions -- Setting out.

Circle geometry -- Developing the strings -- Flexi ply requirements -- Cutting list -- Building a bending form -- Marking out the wall string -- Marking and cutting the flexi ply -- Laminating the circular strings -- Trimming and routing the wall string -- Marking out the open string -- Veneering the strings' edges -- Cutting and mitring the open string -- Preparing the newel post -- Providing mitred nosing returns to tapered treads -- Final preparation before assembly -- Staircase assembly -- Fitting the curtail step -- 9 Alternating Tread Stairs -- Design -- Building Regulations -- Stair dimensions -- Cutting list -- Pitch board and router jig -- String marking -- Routing the strings -- Newel posts -- Preparing paddle-shaped treads -- Routing the tread nosings -- Open risers -- Finishing the treads and risers -- Ancillary components and final preparation before assembly -- Staircase assembly -- On preparation prior to fixing -- 10 Special Features -- Constructing a round-end step -- Constructing a bullnose step -- Cut and mitred strings: methods of cutting -- Open-to-closed strings -- Newel capping -- 11 Railings -- Building Regulations -- Balustrade types and designs -- Balustrade centre line -- Newel posts -- Handrail -- Fixing handrail to newel posts -- Balusters -- Constructing a post-to-post balustrade for a closed-string staircase -- Cutting list -- Balustrade assembly -- Fixing balusters on a closed-string staircase -- Constructing a post-to-post balustrade for an open-string staircase -- Cutting list -- Marking baluster centres -- Drilling for dowels -- Marking baluster lengths -- Fixing balusters on an open-string staircase -- Constructing an over-the-post balustrade for a circular staircase -- Cutting list -- Forming circular handrail -- Cleaning up before routing -- Creating a kink in the handrail -- Routing the circular handrail.

Using the volute template -- Marking and cutting the volute and upward easing -- Marking, cutting and assembling the handrail -- Joining the handrail to the upper newel post -- Joining the volute newel post and the last baluster to the curtail step -- Chamfering the balusters -- Final balustrade installation -- 12 Repairing Stairs -- Creaks: the causes -- Replacing wedges -- Separation of the string from the wall -- Screwing risers to treads -- Replacing angled glue blocks -- Finishing the underside of the stairs -- Replacing broken balusters -- Securing a loose newel post -- Installing a new balcony balustrade -- Wall-mounted handrail -- Fixing wall-mounted handrail brackets to a wall -- Lengthening the handrail -- Index.

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