Dear DIY fans. Remember this? I posted that almost exactly a year ago. I've been hard at work lately finishing it all off and doing some neat woodwork (borrowed Richard's router, thanks Rich) if I do say so myself.
I spent a lot of time thinking about exactly how the hell I was going to make this tidy and finish it off.
Our pal Tubs (real name Bartholomew, nicknamed Bathtubs, shortened to Tubs) made us a set of beautiful bespoke handrails to stop any drunkards falling down the steps late at night coming home from the pub. I had to work around them as we had them made long before the steps were finished. Here I made some pieces with curved ends for mounting the rails on, glued and clamped them to the steps and screwed to the floor. The skirting is fitted with a bevel cut at the end to fit a piece which will finish it off neatly.
Another piece of wood is cut and moulded with Richard's router which will stick on top. The skirting this side is finished now.
More bits of wood are moulded with the router and cut to trim the sides against the reveal, and some more trim is glued and clamped on to finish the bottom ends.
We decided to paint it to match the skirting, as the wood had joins and bits of filler and grain going in funny directions because of the way the steps are made so it wouldn't have looked so great if we'd left the wood exposed.
The carpet is down and the handrails are finally on. I fixed the wall where it broke up with some very strong render, and it seems to be holding.
Here they are in all their glory. He's brilliant, is Tubs. He bent the twirly bits with his teeth.
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