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3rd September 2009, 11:42 PM #1
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g'day - stair stringer advice
Hi everyone,
I'm a Canadian ex-pat now residing in Hobart. Great place. While I miss the Canadian winters (sometimes) this is pretty tough place to beat!
My family and I bought our first house a couple of yeas back and it needs a fair bit of work. It was built in 1994, but was poorly finished. After dealing with bench tops, cupboard doors, Gyprocking ceilings, a lot of fencing and various other things it is time to upgrade the stairs. The major stumbling block is determining stringer dimensions.
I am planning a closed stringer, total rise 2620mm and run 3250mm with 14 risers (250mm going, ~187mm rise). Staircase width is 900mm. Being in Tassie, I'm planning to use Tassie Oak. 240mm x 42mm is readily available, but I suspect that's not sufficient, so I will probably need to go to 290mm x 42mm? I want the best I can get, but am on a tight budget. Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
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4th September 2009, 01:15 AM #2
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to work out dimensions try www.blocklayer.com handy site for building and yes 240 too small as tread
Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything, but they
bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs .
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4th September 2009, 07:49 AM #3
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Cheers John
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4th September 2009, 08:44 AM #4
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Hi fubar,
Thanks for the advice. I should have been a bit more specific. What I am after is the stringer stock size dimensions. I've already worked out the rise and run, tread size, etc., I just don't know what stock to use for the stringer.
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4th September 2009, 12:04 PM #5
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5th September 2009, 05:48 PM #6
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With Tas oak / Vic Ash I generally use laminated 285 x 33 for wall strings and 285 x 43 for outer strings. I was a bit skeptical about using the laminated product at first but have found it really good. When clients here laminated they seem to think of plywood but when they see a sample most are happy to go with the laminated
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5th September 2009, 09:59 PM #7
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Thanks, I was thinking I would have to go with 285. Where do you get the laminated Tas Oak? I haven't seen that before.
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6th September 2009, 10:23 PM #8
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Hi Cycledude,
Not sure where you would get the laminated Tas oak in Hobart but over here in the West I get it from a couple of the more serious timber sellers (Austim and APP) It may be marketed as Vic Ash but why they would do that in Tasmania I don't know. I would try some of the non hardware timber yards
Ben
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