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Rotting staircase
- Thread starter Keitai
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Cheaper to just buy a new external grade stair. I bet that was once an internal stair that's been utilised outdoors.
Around £1k + VAT, would seem to be the going rate for a galvanised steel stairway?
I don't know what his client would think about that price...
Nah, a bit of wood filler, a quick sand down, and a coat of paint - it'll be fine.
OP,
With respect but you dont even know the names for the flight of stairs parts, so just how competent would you be in building outdoor stairs is doubtful.
Get the dimensions wrong & BCO will condemn the job - or even worse there could be an accident.
The flight in the pic needs total replacing (skip the lot) with a new build.
With respect but you dont even know the names for the flight of stairs parts, so just how competent would you be in building outdoor stairs is doubtful.
Get the dimensions wrong & BCO will condemn the job - or even worse there could be an accident.
The flight in the pic needs total replacing (skip the lot) with a new build.
A cheap repair that only replaces the treads ( steps ) could have very expensive repercussions.
It depends if the stringers are equally as rotten, they don't look too great especially on the left in the first pic but really the photos aren't good enough to determine that, that's something you need to find out. Is that some kind of crappy patchwork repair the the stringer on the left at the top already?
It's a staircase, designed for indoor installation, entirely unsuitable for outdoor use, has is obvious from the deterioration it has suffered. If you repair it, it makes you responsible when/not if, someone has an accident using it. Even if that is not a result of the structure collapsing, then likely due to slippy moss growing on the timber steps.
We know a song about that.
I am so jealous, you get all the plumb jobs......come on leave a bit of cream for the rest of us
You could replace the treads, the strings might not be rotten, you could repaint the whole staircase and lock any moisture into the strings which may rot from the inside out and one day they snap, and then you can be off of work for months with a broken leg, wrist, neck.
I recommend a new staircase.
I recommend a new staircase.
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