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I like the industrial look. I use scaffold boards and galvinised steel poles for shelves and old sewing machine bases for tables. I even go back to the brick for walls and expose some of the lathe on dividing walls. The staircase is basically two steel pieces with rough cut waney edge treads...

They are welded or screwed in. If I shorten the uprights at the bottom fit them to floor flanges everything else stays the same, just 16mm lower, I hope

Two suggestions in the cafe this morning. One - get a lift and dump the stairs. . Two - use an electric saw to cut off the excess and superglue the end in a floor flange of the same or similar size. Preferably I thought of a galvinised steel flange with an allen key which I have used for...

90cm seems comfortable and more visually OK than that huge 103cm on my steel one It looks more massive because the original is too small at 83cm. I can get the balustrades with up to seven bars which would make it child proof. I just need a way of cutting them down to 90cm without damaging or...

Unfortunately the flange at the end is welded to the upright and is then covered by a cap. But that could mean it could be cut there, the length cut and rewelded as long as any weld or disscolouration was covered by the cap. How much discolourisation would there be ? I have looked a a couple...

I have just bought these steel rod balustrades to replace the existing wooden one but they seem massive as you can see. They were relatively cheap at under £200 to do the whole stairs compared to the usual cost which run into hundreds if not thousands. They are 106 cm high compared gto the...

I am working on replacing old banisters with a steel rod structure but as you can see it looks massive compared to the old wooden ones. It is 106cm in height and the old one is just 83cm on the landing Its slightly better at 90cm on the stairs themselves. As far as I know the height of...

I have 11 1 metre waney edge Olive Wood boards that need planing on the tread side without damaging the bark as I am still left with some saw marks after sanding. Do you reckon any carpenter or joiner would be interested and what would be a fair amount to pay ?

I am running the job. They come as a kit from S3i. You just measure up, pay and fit yourself. It is stainless steel rope and the whole lot is about £1,000. Thats probably why I want someone else to do it ! I have enough with the treads which are untreated planks of Olive wood which I have to...

Very good ! The metalworkers I know will not fit other peoples work They make metal constructions like the stairs Like I am a painter. I paint. I do not make paint. They do not fiddle around with fitting wires and balustrades.

I am building a stairway identical to this. I am OK with the steel frame and the wood but need a hand with the steel balustrade. I can order the parts OK but what trade should I advertise for to put it up and what is it worth ? Bit too precise for me. Thanks

Found it here with some other wood grains which helps http://www.jamesdawsonfurniture.co.uk/english_wood_James-Dawson-Furniture-Maker.html# and a guy in Sherwood Forest who sells only fallen timber and Yew at "£55-75 for 1 cu/ft wjhich is equivalent to 2 boards @ 9" (225mm) wide x 1" (25mm)...

I think you have it Thanks for that !

I used to pick up odd bits of wood from a local timber yard for a couple of quid which I used for shelving skirting and even lined walls with it. I am now looking to replace the treads on some stairs and this looks interesting so any help in identifying it so I can check out if strong enough...

I am sanding them. It is just those stubborn ugly stains I cannot get rid of with sanding (It just skims over them) white spirit, paint stripper, bleach, wire wool and heat gun........I am running out of options

I want to save my sort of filth Foxhole, not just any old filth. I just found an old work top from a garage this morning which is covered in my sort of working class filth I will try white spirit on the floor this afternoon then go out for the day Tigercubrider Thanks

I have used that and done that but I dont want to take the top layer of wood off with the dirt. I want to keep the patina so I am only using a hand sander to just smooth it and relying on wire wood and scrubbing to get the dirt out but this stuborn bit has me beat

I am preparing a bare wood floor that has not been cleaned for at least 50 years. I have got layers of paint, varnish and what looks like tar off with heat gun, paint stripper, sander, bleach mix and vinegar mix but in parts there is still a stubborn coating that just refuses to move Even the...

Thanks. The gaps where they have cut are not even straight and gaps up to 1cm across. I couldnt live with that. Just bought a floor board saw and will replace the worst boards as you say. Lucky I have an old timber yard within walking distance where I can pick up old floorboards to size for a...

It seems when the central heating was put in they cut the floor boards down the centre of the hallway and covered them with laminate Now I want to clean up and oil the old boards but they look like open heart surgery. The problem is the walls to the adjoining rooms have been built over the...