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Friday, January 20, 2012

BIG STEPS

  Our stairs have been needing attention.  Who knows how long they have been sagging.  We finally tackled this job one day in early December when it was too wet to continue our work outside.  The repair required jacking the stairs up and jacking the stairs required removal of the banister.  No big deal, right?


Using a broken stair picket as a pump lever.....

And a couple 6x6 pieces of lumber and some nerve.....

The left side of the stairs is lifted back to its original position


We secured 3 stacked and screwed together 2x4's as a corner support then went to work on the right side in a similar fashion.  More jacking, and leveling, and securing with bolts and....
          


VOILA !   A level stairway



                                                                                 
                                                                             




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