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Building a Kitchen Staircase
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" Joining us now is Todd Allen furniture maker of Matt's staircase miss. This is looking real good time what what's the piece you're putting down in there. This is a Scotia which is a finish piece that goes between the risers and -- and it's -- molding. This type of staircase is called date. Housed stick it right that's correct what define that term. Well actually the house staircases -- staircase into the skirt board which actually supports. The whole structure and makes it one solid structure so that every piece every component tread and riser and these skirts. Our structural. That's correct there is no separate. Rough construction for the staircase that's correct is that nothing for shrinkage when when the stock congress to me it comes to about 4%. As opposed to that framing stock which is at least double that right and then that tends to shrink -- make for a more sloppy stairway that stays nice and tight. This is tight yeah of course squeaking and a staircase usually comes from. The changes that occur between the the wetter lumber as it dries out in the twisting in the interaction between two sets of would really. So let's let's talk a little bit about how you actually make this I mean did you do the layout. Exit ahead the architect do these mean figuring forming. And not on site. I got this -- set -- plans which the Arctic -- gave me which gives me the most important piece. Is the line length the overall length of the stringer board. The overall length that goes from finish flooring here at the basement level the finished floor up in the kitchen well that's correct right and what is the Trenton risers ratio. We have our nine inch tread to a seven and 6160 fourths which is nearly eight inch rise OK so as a very comfortable there is -- Let's talk a little bit about how you actually. Do all of this cutting I mean you have to use a -- right that's correct. I use a template here which is a template that I take from job to job. And the only thing that really changes is the thickness of tread occasionally the rise will change but it's mostly the thickness of tread will change and so I can use the template on just what minister and the reason for having the Blair in each one of these is so that you can then. Fit in west pieces right that's correct OK well let's watch you actually go to work on this. Sponge -- really makes a nice job out of done pictured us. Mix well I think isn't right -- put. Don't screw this. And that's basically the work that gets done to skirt board. Journey I guess combinations stringer and skirt board that show me how to pieces -- fit in there but what I have to do in the normal application to slide it. In from the back hot. And up from the bottom. -- the risers and the treads for together -- then there's a series of wedges. That Cohen. One for the tread. Which go in with glue they go in with -- in Europe. -- for the rise and so that when all of this is. Crafted together you get an incredibly tight staircase -- everything all the joints every joint has little -- it right. OK well is what you get to work on this one what's next up if -- first I have to put in a tread. But you need to glue I have that -- different okay but I do need the bread damp. Next -- as the glue. -- When the risers respect made out of poplar. That's correct which is that again a good stable good. And that's -- that can take a paint finish. -- He'd lose weight as well as the new."
" On both sides that it. Exclude and not only -- the skirt board that. To the tread --"
" The next step if you give me pictures taken -- The clamp that together to bring an -- hope. Do you have to clamp beach and everywhere it's a good clinical bottom of each rise. In the top. -- the trend that's about it. Before snug up the wedges and you're tightening up political. It's that when. So all of this poplar -- you had actually. But basically went through an end that a rabbit into red Edison -- nobody site. And what about the -- threat here today. But from the lumber yard when they come yes they are they come on just -- Well the bat in the bottom of them to conceptualize doesn't but basically do -- that on on the job right right on site yeah. Kennedy ready come down here that is -- It must have an interest in hand and government. Mention our lives. The brad I just hold the wedges so -- both sides. But the glue really does the job the glue does the job is just so as I'm working on them. And walking up and down on the don't -- yes what's exciting who watches the whole process which is a lot like furniture making and I know that historically. In. Especially finer houses in the eighteenth century the staircase would to a special. Who would come on the job just to put together and craft this staircase which was considered a piece of furniture. "
