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I have a straight staircase, that comes down from a dormer loft conversion, which ends only 69 cm away from a wall:
Stairs]]]]] <---> Wall
So the gap betwen the baluster at the bottom of the stairs and the wall is only 69cm.
This leaves a rather small passage in which to walk through. I would like to remove the baluster from the bottom step, and move it up one step, and then widen the bottom step and put in a curved bottom step, to soften the end. This will take tha gap to about 1m, though the bottom stair will still be 69cm away from the opposite wall (Hope this makes sense!).
In order to do this, it it just a case of pulling off the old baluster, sawing 20cm off the banister, and then re-fixing the old baluster onto the step above, or does the baluster need to go all the way down to the ground?
I would then remove the bottom step and replace it with a piece of plywood cut to the new shape of the bottom stair, so that it extends out in a curve.
The bottom step would look something like this
but the baluster would come down to the step above, leaving a wider gap.
Is this a daft idea? Any other ideas for increasing the gap without replacing the whole staircase, or knocking down the wall (which is supporting)?
Cheers,
MOL.
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Stairs]]]]] <---> Wall
So the gap betwen the baluster at the bottom of the stairs and the wall is only 69cm.
This leaves a rather small passage in which to walk through. I would like to remove the baluster from the bottom step, and move it up one step, and then widen the bottom step and put in a curved bottom step, to soften the end. This will take tha gap to about 1m, though the bottom stair will still be 69cm away from the opposite wall (Hope this makes sense!).
In order to do this, it it just a case of pulling off the old baluster, sawing 20cm off the banister, and then re-fixing the old baluster onto the step above, or does the baluster need to go all the way down to the ground?
I would then remove the bottom step and replace it with a piece of plywood cut to the new shape of the bottom stair, so that it extends out in a curve.
The bottom step would look something like this
but the baluster would come down to the step above, leaving a wider gap.
Is this a daft idea? Any other ideas for increasing the gap without replacing the whole staircase, or knocking down the wall (which is supporting)?
Cheers,
MOL.
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