The Stair Saga....

Ok..maybe it wasn't REALLY a saga, lol.  It has really been worry us however.  I realize that we can just go buy new 2x12's, but who wants to be wasteful??  That would be one pretty pricy campfire!  So...we have planned....and planned...and measured....and planned....and calculated...and it's finally go time.  We spent about 4 hours today measuring and drawing out our lines before we even made one cut...no kidding!

Oh my....cuts have been made...

Look...only 3 sets of lines!!  That's not TOO bad!

Oh my gosh...look...we have a stringer!!  But is it right??

Let's put it up by the old stairs and just see...

We're supposed to have 10" treads and 7.5" risers, this will put them in code...

The old stairs had 9.25" treads and 7" risers...so they were a little short.

Well would you look at that....perfectly LEVEL!!  We did it!!  (and we actually did it RIGHT!!)

 

By 10:30 PM we finally had 3 stringers!!  HALLELUJAH!!

Good grief, that only took us 7 hours!!  That's it for today!

Too much stress and worry has worn us out!  We'll have to put them up tomorrow!