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When I drew it all out on paper I saw that if the 'old' treads remained they would interfere with the 'new'. Since I saw 'Joiner 1' last week he has re-worked his plan and the working proposal is to remove the top three treads, insert a newell post against the rsj / beam, build the framing...

Thanks big-all - thats exactly what i'm trying to do! I envisaged some framing to support the kite boards / winder fixed to the existing stringer. Joiner 1 when he visited did not wish to remove existing treads but wanted instead to put the kite boards on top of the treads, however I think...

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Top of flight where I want to adda a 3 step winder: View on area where I want to turn the stairs - towel is where I want to access landing View of underside of stringer<a 3 step winder at base of stairs

Good point - for the existing straight staircase, one string is against a party wall, the other is open. this one is the intended inner string of wind. There is a boxed in rsj adjacent to it to support the newell post. I will try and post a photo later when not constrained by company firewall /...

Joiner 1 who looked at job was not not comfortable with cutting the stringer however he has promised to return with a colleague. It was interesting visualising how the stringer changes direction and height compared to a straight run as it winds around. Rough estimate is 2 x men for 2 days...

Hi - first post this so here goes.....! To allow the a first floor bathroom to increase in size I’d like to modify the existing staircase we have to incorporate a 3 step winder at the top of the flight. There is already a 3 step winder at the bottom). The ground floor substrate is slate flags...