{"id":715,"date":"2017-09-22T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T21:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/?p=715"},"modified":"2025-07-08T07:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:08:18","slug":"winding-staircase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/winding-staircase\/","title":{"rendered":"Winding Staircase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This project removed a rickety old staircase and designed a winding staircase to fit in the restricted footprint of this 1920's house.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Steep “grandfathered” staircase not up to building code<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Removing the wall and ceiling to make room for the new staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Removing the old staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Framing for the new staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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New wall back framed to support the staircase.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A tape showing the footprint of the staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The first steps leading into a kite step turn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kite steps are used for curved staircases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The backing to the stair wall is knotty pine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You can see the twists and turns forming in the staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Finished cladding the support wall in tongue and groove knotty pine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Detail of the pine kite step<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Each step is built off the one before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The knotty pine wall just after it was installed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The knotty pine wall first coat of paint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The knotty pine wall 2nd coat of paint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The stairs were sanded before they were stained<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Showing the difference between a natural step and a stained one<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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All the steps stained with a white kickboard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Railings on the first set of steps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Using a string line to find the angle to cut the spindles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wider spindles were used at each step rise for strength<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Narrow spindles were used to fill in the gaps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This wider spindles were notched and cut into each step riser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The spindle up the rest of the staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here is the dark handrail installed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another shot of the finished railing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The top floor detail where it meets the stair wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Top floor railing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The inner handrail on the winder had to twist around the central support<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Inner handrail needed on winding steps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cladding the rest of the stairs in knotty pine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Final enclosure of staircase.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Finished staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This project removed a rickety old staircase and designed a winding staircase to fit in the restricted footprint of this 1920’s house<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[29,22,30,31,28,24,25],"class_list":["post-715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","tag-carpentry","tag-construction","tag-custom-staircase","tag-grandfathered-staircase","tag-winding-staircase","tag-woodworking","tag-woodwow","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2018-08-03-205920_43765312705_o-scaled-e1637599812527.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2892,"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions\/2892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blocksandspots.synology.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}