💅 wooden ladder with your hands: how to cope with this woman

If you think that the lot of beautiful girls - it's just to admire themselves in mirrorIt is very wrong. There are some nuggets that, as expected, will cope with the horse, fire and construction project. A striking example of this - Sophia Bekerova from the suburbs.

Hello! I'm Sophia, and this is my small country house. On the second floor we atticAnd it has two entrances through the first floor and outside. street stairs It has long fallen into disrepair: the rack shattered, steps distortions, and we no longer use it for security reasons.

In general, it's time to replace it with a new design

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1 To break - not to build
2 support erection
3 upper Playground
4 installation steps
5 Install handrails

To break - not to build

In fact, to break ladder It was not as difficult as I thought at first. The reason is simple: the board had rotted, and came off effortlessly.

The most difficult thing was to remove the old support. They wandered from side to side, but the land would not be taken out: around each concrete was made formwork.

Cope with the posts helped me a jack. Screw the screws on each support column, summed up under her jack and slowly pulled out of the ground post

After suffering with the supports, I decided that in the new ladder posts and concreting will not.

support erection

Refusal to sunken pillars led to the need to set in concrete two sites: one at the entrance to the attic, the second - in the beginning of the alleged stairs.

The concrete pad to drill out the holes for the anchor

To fix the poles I bought metal fasteners. It is very convenient and reliable.

And on this basis to the poles are fastened with screws

During the installation process temporarily put jib to secure support in an upright position

An important point in the building - to determine the height of the upper platform level, which leaves the door of the attic. I had several times and check Gaugeable building level.

Only after careful measurements of cut adjustment support

Temporary jib had to replace landlines. I used to make them wider board, Which are stacked crosswise. For a reliable fit on both parts, I chose the recess.

The deepening caused carpenter's glue, and further bonded with screws

Crossings are located on all four sides of the upper platform. I had to fix them at different heights

upper Playground

When the basis for the top platform was ready, it's time to install lag. For them, I also used a special metal fasteners.

Laghi had died out very carefully so that they fit in the allotted space went

Flooring upper area - of a board thickness of 3 cm. boards crepe screws.

Flooring not continuous, so that lay exactly board and with the same distance between the elements for orientation exhibited between the floorboards piece of plywood

railing top landing I made out of the same timberThat support. Stands railing it was necessary to establish the corners.

Before fitting the bar, I chose a chisel deepening

In addition to the mounting screws I dealt carpenter's glue

installation steps

In the old stairs there were only two supporting boards and, in my opinion, this was not a reliable solution. The new will be three - so the steps will not cave and the design will be much safer.

For support, I chose wide chetyrohsantimetrovye thick planks and a saw for thorough markup cut triangles

Dorezala using a jigsaw to make sure we do not make the cut more than necessary

Mounting pillars - the most crucial moment. It is crucial to reliably fix them not to, God forbid, do not come off under the weight of rising human.

Approach with manicure: I made a wooden ladder with your hands — To fix the foot supports, I also use metal fasteners

The lower part of the legs will be attached to the second tarmac. In each bearing recess for the transverse cut board.

I needed help to install the cross, alone it does not do was

When the main supports were firmly fixed, you can already begin immediate installation steps.

I had already cut a flat board at a cost of this work, a hammer and nails ordinary

But the top of the stairs, on reflection, still cemented screws

I did not want to do that, since I clearly understood that it will be difficult then to dismantle the structure, but, contrary to his own common sense, so decides.

Install handrails

The last thing to be done - the railing. For them, it took me a rack, balusters and polished planks.

For mounting racks I chose the edge of the steps to fix the rack to support the ladder

Lower support for balusters - a board strapped across, I have collected the top of the two parts.

First fasten the board, and then precisely cut support, focusing on their slope

Balusters - it's just a bar with an edge of 5 cm. I put them at regular intervals, focusing on pattern, which puts between them

The final touch - carefully polished board, on which you can rely at rise

All the work took me four days, not counting the time spent on concreting platforms for fixing supports. I must admit that not cope alone, the assistant I was, but he preferred to remain behind the scenes.

What do you think happened? Ladder safely, use it with pleasure. It would be nice if someone can help my step by step photos.

Thank you Sophie for such a detailed account! To him there is almost nothing to add, except that video recommendations on the calculation of ladder:

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Photo: Sofia Bekerova