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Hi All, sorry about the long post. I'm going to move my stairs as this will allow me to squeeze in an extra room upstairs. I'm planning to build the new staircase myself from scratch - I realise that buying a kit is the easiest way to do this, but I fancy the challenge and reckon I can do it a)...

Evening all. I’m looking for a bit of advice on a little project I’m hoping to complete over Easter. Currently our tumble drier and washing machine sit proudly under our stairs. Electric, ventilation and water are already in there - but it’s a pain, as there’s not really enough space for a...

Hi all I've used paint stripping gel to remove white paint from the steps of my stairs (still needs work but it's getting there)... The middle of the stairs were originally covered with carpet so as you can see from the pic the wood colouring is different, but I'd like to keep the steps in...

Hi I’m new to this but I’ve got this eye sore newel in the middle of the hallway. Can I cut it short or is it structural?

We have a 3 kite stairs in our house that is attached to two internal walls and one external. We noticed that some of the screws holding the staircase onto to walls have come loose and cannot be tightened (they just keep on turning). The stairs have been here since we moved in, in 1983. Is...

I want to build a cupboard under our old stairs. At the moment there is a small coat hanging area, but the far end is boarded over. I removed a board to see behind, the area where the stairs meet the ground is full of rubble and soil like stuff, some bricks and planks appear slightly...

HI, My staircase bannister is currently white gloss and very old looking. Its got layers of gloss from over the years. I would like to give it a dark wood effect. Is there any paint available to paint over the gloss without having to remove it the old gloss or any trick? Thanks Sid

I have a squeaky stair that runs at 30 deg or so from the ground up to a balcony. I can get under the stair to fix it and thankfully there is no tread or carpeting on top so I can get in at the top too. I have braced across each stair from the top until half way down and this has eliminated the...

My DH and I are complete newbies when it comes to DIY but need/want to renovate our staircase. I am doing some research about what we want to change and how. However, I am having a bit of a dilemma when it comes to the upper floor rail. The board on top of the facia and on which the upper floor...

Hey guys, I'm looking at rearranging my bedroom to fit a double bed in. However we've hit a snag. To fit a double in we need an extra 6" in width. We were told a while ago that this by the side of my bed has something to do with the stairs (does anyone know what it's called? ) so we are weary of...

I'm thinking of doing away with the stairs carpet, and would like to paint it all with gloss, except for the treads which would have a dark stain. Pulling the carpet to one side I can see that the stairs have been painted with a grey paint (the upstairs floors are all the same). What is this...

After a lot of hunting to replace some broken spindles (kids!!!) we have now found out that our stairs are an Irish design (Archill) - God knows where our builder got this from (house is 14 years old) and we are getting extortionate prices to get replacements (one place wanted £315 delivery from...

Hi folks, Hopefully a simple one, this is on a new-ish build (3yrs old) and after settling we've got quite a few cracks appeared between the stairs and walls, so this is the plan: Sand/remove the existing edging (It looks like silicone type filler to me), Get some decorators caulk (No Nonsense...

Hi All, I would appreciate if anyone could advise me on what sort of filler would be the best to fill up those gaps between the stairs? Btw, I plan to strip off the paint and stain it. .

Hey, I'm trying to convert my basement into a habitable area and having multiple problems with trying to get each stage through building control. I've managed to prove my point on the all the other ones but it looks like they have me over a barrel on the staircase. Because I have to raise...

Good evening, I'm in the process of ripping out our pantry, putting in a suspended floor and fitting an understairs toilet. I've read around a bit and looked on a few forums but can't seem to figure out what is supporting our landing, aside from possibly the door frame to the pantry below which...

Morning, I've removed years of paint from my victorian staircase in preparation for painting or staining. Anyway I've decided to have a runner and paint the visible wood eggshell white. Is it normal to just paint the few inches visible either side of the runner (and the stringers) and leave the...

This is what I'm dealing with. Anyone tackle a similar project before? The post is 70mm x 70mm which will be replaced or extended/made good with a 90mm x 90mm post. I'm considering several approaches but wondering if bolting flat steel bars may be the easiest work around. Steps 1 and 2 are...

Should I get my central heating pipes replaced first as they go under the floorboard then go and fix my broken floor boards upstairs or vice versa? thanks in advance.

Hello, I'm new here and a total amateur so please forgive anything daft I say below! We had a very well rated carpet installer fit our landing and stairs with carpet last week, we purchased the carpet for a local carpet shop for him to fit and he provided everything else (underlay, vinyl etc)...