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Fitting a staircase
Nov 22nd, 2004, 11:45am
 
Ok, so now I have the staircase can I install it myself or is this really a job for a pro?
Any tips if I decide to DIY?
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Re: Fitting a staircase
Reply #1 - Nov 22nd, 2004, 5:42pm
 
Nothing particularly difficult about a straight flight, just cut the bottom strings square with the bottom of the first riser, lean the staircase up against the top trimmer and make sure the top nosing is level with the landing finished floor level.

Newels have to be fitted but without knowing your exact layout it's difficult to give further advice.

Is the staircase against a wall on one side (or 2 sides) or is it 'freestanding' in the middle of the room?

Is the first tread plain or bullnose or double bullnose etc , so where does the bottom newel fix?

Regardless of these things, it is well within the scope of a COMPETANT diy'er to fit a straight staircase.  It must be fixed well though (to an adjacent wall?) by using Fischer fixings (or similar) through the string on the underside of the string (therefore fixings out of sight).

Newel mortice and tenons have to be glued and dowelled, bit of a struggle to get things chopped into place sometimes, depending how much room you have to play with.
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Reply #2 - Nov 22nd, 2004, 6:00pm
 
Staircase is straight with the RHS against a Celcon block wall, LHS will be another wall but stud work.
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Reply #3 - Nov 22nd, 2004, 11:28pm
 
So the handrail is fitted to one of the walls then?

No newels?

It just gets easier  Grin
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Re: Fitting a staircase
Reply #4 - Nov 22nd, 2004, 11:30pm
 
one thing I've just thought of, the top nosing will probably be 25mm thick and your landing floor is probably 18mm thick.  The top nosing will need to be rebated over the top trimmer to allow for the 7mm difference.
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