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Remaking my front steps
After 20 years my old front steps that I made out of bits of hardwood from old pallets have now rotted:
http://i44.tinypic.com/2rr5ffo.jpg In NZ we have pinus radiata that can be treated to last in the ground almost for ever by using nasty chemicals that other countries probably ban. I have remade the steps using H4 radiata: http://i40.tinypic.com/14cvb6u.jpg This time I did them properly, using a router for the stringers and screwing everything together with stainless steel screws. The stringers are wider at the bottom so there are some complicated angles! |
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Remaking my front steps
Matty F wrote:
After 20 years my old front steps that I made out of bits of hardwood from old pallets have now rotted: http://i44.tinypic.com/2rr5ffo.jpg In NZ we have pinus radiata that can be treated to last in the ground almost for ever by using nasty chemicals that other countries probably ban. I have remade the steps using H4 radiata: http://i40.tinypic.com/14cvb6u.jpg This time I did them properly, using a router for the stringers and screwing everything together with stainless steel screws. The stringers are wider at the bottom so there are some complicated angles! Very nice! Front garden could do with a tidy though. ;-) Tim |
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Remaking my front steps
On 17/06/2013 11:13, Matty F wrote:
After 20 years my old front steps that I made out of bits of hardwood from old pallets have now rotted: http://i44.tinypic.com/2rr5ffo.jpg In NZ we have pinus radiata that can be treated to last in the ground almost for ever by using nasty chemicals that other countries probably ban. I have remade the steps using H4 radiata: http://i40.tinypic.com/14cvb6u.jpg Nice job (as always)! This time I did them properly, using a router for the stringers and screwing everything together with stainless steel screws. The stringers are wider at the bottom so there are some complicated angles! At first I thought it was just a wide angle shot, but I see what you mean. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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