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[laineydiemond]

Decking Perth Mid-sized elegant front yard patio photo with decking and a roof extension

[poppyscastle]

Staircase

10th December

The Staircase was installed last week, it was put together amazingly quick!  The guy started around 8 am and everything was done just after lunch time.

The staircase was measured a few weeks ago after the Gyprock was put on, it was then custom made and laser cut in the factory.  When it arrived onsite, it was basically a giant jig saw puzzle that needed minor adjustments.

They first mount the stringers on the wall and then put in the support beams.

Once the skeleton of the stair case is done, the pre-cut steps are put in one by one.  

Since we’re planning on covering the steps with Floorboards, we just chose the standard MDF steps.  Once the steps are on, the balustrades and handrails are put on.

We hated the traditional post tops, so we chose to have the handrails on top of the post instead.  It just gives it a modern clean look, without the cost of steel and glass.

This is what it looks like completed, the area under the stairs will be boxed in for storage later.  (the stairs are straight btw, its just my wide angle lens distorting things) 

We went with extra wide stair cases, standard size is about 900 mm wide, but these are around 1200 mm wide.  Looks much grander and way easier to move furniture up and down the stairs!

We had the carpenter frame up the storage area and install the door.

When the Gyprockers comes back to finish of some minor stuff, we will have them put in Gyprock for the area around the door and underneath the stairs.  

We also ended up lining our Alfresco and Porch Ceiling with Timber Lining.  Took about 2 days work to do the 2 areas.  We just went with cheap pine lining, since the painters quoted for the entire job, they can just stain it and seal it with vanish without costing us extra.

We were initially thinking of getting pre-finished “Glosswood” but for about 40m2 we were looking at $4000 vs $600 for pine.   Hardwood is far less “knotty” and Pine won’t last as long.   We don’t mind the knots too much, but we might look at upgrading to hardwood or a composite material further down the track.

Its super awesome to have stairs in the house!  We can now go up and down freely without climbing 3 meters up the ladder!

Painters have already started prepping, they’ve already done all the base coats.  They should be all done in about a week.

We have concrete coming in on Monday for the footpaths on the side of the house and also for the garage ramp.

Shower screens are also getting installed sometime next week.

Everything is coming together, we’re almost done now!