STephen wrote:

A previous owner has actually drilled 2 inch holes into the middle of
every riser so I tried to insert the claw of the hammer into the hole to
pull up the riser but that didnt work.

I take it that it needs a fair amount of force to lift the riser. If i
did manage to lift the riser, i guess it would have to be held in place
with a screw or two.

Yup, I would anticipate you would need to hit it reasonably hard to get
them to move.


As I mentioned in a previous post I'm leaning towards actually pulling
doiwn the plaster under the stairs so i can get direct access to the
offending steps.

Do you think that is the best idea?

It is. Stairs are usually built from the underside - so that is where
you really need to be to do a proper job.

If you look at how I built a set he

http://www.internode.co.uk/loft/stairs.htm

It should give you an idea of how they normally go together.


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Cheers,

John.

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