Momplex
Framing Decks
But before we get to any of that, we decided to tackle the decks first. The big reason for this is with the walls completely finished out, moving things from unit to unit has become quite a task, involving going down stairs, out the garage, in the other ga
Stair Railing
Well, at least a job that you sit down at.
I guess that's the good thing about working on stairs. You get to sit on them while you work on them.
Yep, sitting down on the job, figuring the stair skirts and installing them.
And we barely got to sit down to cut and install this baseboard down the stairs, it was so quick.
The skirts and baseboard finish out the wa
Anchoring the Floor
How to Build Stairs
Trimming Doors for Siding
Vapor Barrier
Everything but the Treads
And today, they look like this:
And hopefully soon ... they'll look something like this:
image from Centsational Girl
Man, there sure are a ton of steps (pun not intended here) to finishing out stairs, isn't there!
First, we built the upstairs railing -
And we painted the
How To Install Rubber Cove Base Moulding
Prepping for the Pour
Two Weeks Notice
The Longest Day
But it was quite a long, long day for us working up at the Momplex.
After we got the first truss up at the Momplex, we wanted to have the next 22 trusses set by the end of the day. Certainly you can set a good chunk of trusses, hope the wind doesn't blow, and come back in the morning and finish up.
But with a boom truck on site, we were hoping to keep cost down and just finish up in one very lo