I've lifted my very old carpets from the stairs. I was hoping to clean them up and leave the wood exposed on the treads. (and perhaps wallpaper...
Hi, I am trying to sand my stairs so that I can stain either side the same light colour as the hall and then put a runner up the middle. It's...
Hi all. My first post here so please be kindI have ordered a new staircase online for an old house. The old staircase was too steep and under the...
My next DIY project is replacing naff cheap late 70s horizontal bannisters for new traditional spindle handrail version You can see the bottom of...
Hi all. I have a newel post that's quite low and want to make it taller and then attach a handrail. I'll use zipbolt to extend the newel post....
Hi Any advice on how to lay engineered wood flooring and add edging/trim around stair spindles? . I was considering using the L shaped threshold...
Hi All, looking to ‘upgrade’ the stairs on a budget. i’ve removed some of the spindles, and will be looking to replace potentially with metal....
Hi all I have a damaged stair tread that I need to repair but access from underneath will mean ripping out a small stud wall and plasterboard...
Hello I am trying to varnish the top of my stair treads. They were painted underneath the carpet - I suspect it’s when they were originally put...
Hi, Has anyone ever done this? We are looking to enclose an outdoor brick staircase into our house by building a wall around and then knocking...
Hi there, We had our asbestos ceilings removed and discovered all our internal walls upstairs are made of paramount wall partitions. I think it...
Hi, we are having a loft conversion done right now, and they are using a small downstairs room for the stairs to go in (the stairs will turn back...
Hi folks. I took a brilliant brainstorm a few weeks ago and decided to strip my mahogany stairs of years of varnish to try and get them back to...
Hi all I want to fix/replace the squeaky floorboards upstairs in our house. Some have dropped some just squeak irritatingly. The carpets been...
Hi All, I have recently bought a new house and the staircase was boxed in. I've removed the plasterboard wall to open the room up and I've got...
In the process of a loft conversion (1880s Victorian mid terrace). Escape route stud partitions built and ready to plasterboard. Question is,...
Hi All, So I'm soon to be moving into a 1970s house and planning a renovation. One thing I'd like to do is knock out the area under the stairs...
Hello! We recently moved into a 3 bed 1980's house. The box room we have is larger than standard and has this large wooden structure which...
Hi, we're looking to enlarge our loft hatch/opening to enable some stairs to go up between the two internal supporting walls of our victorian...
What’s the best thing to do with this joist? It’s only supported by 20mm of the frame below. Is this safe? House was built in the 60s, floor seems...
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