Measuring for a staircase Episode 41 The Big Build
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- I am measuring for the new staircase at The Big Build,
I like to make sure that all the measuring for the new staircase is done with care and checked thoroughly before we make a final order, using the staircase building tool on the Stairbox website this is made easier, the pricing is transparent and instantly available as you plan your staircase
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It is so refreshing to see somebody emphasise how important correct measuring is. I'm in the flooring trade, and I have to struggle with inept people who have no idea how to measure properly.
Used StairBox many times for engineered oak/ glass staircases. Worried the first time I used them just because.
Had no issues whatsoever, top product. 👍
"Have you ever walked up a staircase, reached the top and thought that there was an extra step. You kinda do that raise thing with your knee.. but someone sees you, so you carry on walking that way, like you walk that way allo the time" - George Carlin.
Great video as always. Enjoyed the thought process and all the considerations that go into the planning.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Robin so helpful look forward to seeing the install 👍🏽
I like Sttairbox used them many times, the glass balustrade is fantastic!! I like the clamps to hold the glass in,
have fitted the glass into the grooves before but had to run the circular saw down the grooves to make them wider,
this is going to look a great staircase,
Great video. Look forward to the installation and what you do in the understairs area. If you ever had time to do one on all the regs that would I'm sure be appreciated. Assume the first step if you are using the space under for a cupboard would be to line the underside with fireproof board. Would be really interested in your take on how you do a proper job on that. One day you will set a new building standard. Thanks again.
The render looks great! Looking forward to seeing the install video 👍🏻
Good one well explained ☘️🇮🇪👏👍
Used to work on internal staircases in UK and enjoyed doing them. Now most Queenslanders if they have stairs are outside and a different kettle of fish. But then a large proportion of homes just don't have stairs. Long and low like mine. The last proper interior stairs I worked on was years ago to get to a mezzanine floor level in a converted school. I miss doing them the same as pitching roofs that I never do anymore. All trussed.
Great video! Looking forward to seeing it being fitted!
I have a severe craving to get my own laser level.
Love Robin's explanation, nice job. By the way making staircases is an art form in and of itself. Always get them made by an expert.
Cheers Tim!!
Can't wait till the staircase video drops Robin! It's going to be awesome
Great stuff. Have used Stairbox a few times and their oak is fantastic, especially the caps which are made of solid pieces and not splices which tend to upset people.
Great explanation Robin, and I still see guys measuring vertical FFL to FFL who can't seem to grasp that the stair is NOT vertical. (similarly with the stair well width not allowing for a wall being out of plumb). I'm looking forward to seeing how the 1st floor covering joins the back of the top nosing, and also how the carpet runner finishes at the top🤩 Cheers Del
Hi Del!! Met with Tony by chance the other day, looking forward to seeing you in the future soon mate!!
@@ukconstruction Tony is a great guy, and be cool to meet up at some point😎Big Build videos are great bud🤗
Stairbox are a great company, they also have a wooden windows company that are hard to beat on price
That's interesting what's the name of the window website??
Good lesson again!!!
Whenever I see staircases fitted I always think of the film The Money Pit.
Thanks for coMming into Building crafts college ^^.
It was a great day!!! Thanks for having me!!
Thanks Robin, I've use Stairbox for glass balustrades onto an existing staircase turned out lovely is the glass going into 8mm capping or is there any new type of system they are using for housing the glass into the string ?
Can't wait for this
Designing a staircase for anything other than a straight flight can and probably will get more complex. For any staircase I generally ignore the pitch requirement (42deg for domestic) and work off a tread going of 250mm and a riser that fall into the requirements of 2xRise + Going = 550mm - 700mm, but generally no more than 190mm. That will inevitably give a smooth comfortable stair. If it won't fit then adjust the figures slightly to still be in the Reg limits.
I try to consider the handrail layout so that there is a lead tread on the decent at each flight that then means the handrails on each flight meet and you don't have to resort to ugly newel posts or poorly constructed ramps. It is now rare that staircase manufacturers and less so any site chippy can carve a half decent ramp connecting piece that was the preserve of Georgian and Victorian staircase builders.
Winders on staircases can be a design issue and I guess they are only constructed correctly 50% of the time.
And then we come to helical stairs (not spiral staircases!)....................
If you want to see staircase porn then go and look at house stairs in Amsterdam, where some are semi-elliptical helical stairs.
Hi Robin, great vid. Loving the series. Is there any update on the solid aluminium hinge jig? Cheers! Gar from Dublin. 👍
Have had a flashback to fitting a staircase about fifteen years back. It was quite straightforward really. However, there was guy at the top and me at the bottom and we were offering it up to the flank wall to get a couple of decent fixings in. Anyhow...and somehow...the stairs slipped and the whole weight of it bent my right thumb back to a position you would believe and i saw it happen in front of me. If your thumb goes to three o'clock, mine went past five !The pain was stratospheric and within ten minutes the joint was a small balloon ! Happy days : )
The furthest my thumb goes is 12 o'clock so I couldn't imagine it going to 3 never mind 5 😅
everybody reading this is sat with their hands out now checking 12, 3 and 5 o clock positions with their thumbs. Ouch.
Hey Robin really love what you do mate and appreciate the content you put out .
I'm currently doing a self build and I was wondering is their a book you would recommend to build your own staircase ?
Thanks 👍🏻 all the best Robin
Joel
Robin, would you and stairbox be prepared to do a joint video showing the manufacturing of a staircase(yours perhaps?)
I will have a check in a minute, but I think he might have done one that covered it.
Just keep an eye 👁 on the staircase you're building because there is 3 types under building regs public semi public and private and each one has a minimum rise and going and landing after a certain amount of risers 🔨
I installed fairly standard balustrades and new handrails on our stairs. It was originally all boxed in, allowing no light through the balustrades obviously. I remember cutting them all to size, and actually checking some regs on what the maximum size gap was between each balustrade. I'm a complete amateur, but felt like an absolute pro 😂 something satisfying about looking at some old work, and know it's not in the regs anymore, and then correcting it if you can.
One thing I didn't check was the rise/going/incline. I mean, I want to do it now, but I also don't want to do it because it's not something I could remedy more than likely.
@@lloyd4011 if it's in your own house you should be fine as the bulkhead will have dictated most of your measurements and you'll probably just of measured off the old staircase 🔨
I really like your vids in not good in spelling buth your just the standard of carpeting I’m from Holland me dad coms from Grimsby he was a carpenter i Injoy the real craft work you do here every thing needs to be done just fast en in the calculation no more nice joint how it has use to been done no more sarpening saws i wood really like if you had the time show how you sharpen saws just so the old carpentry is never been lost en I like your roofing jobs the scarf joint and every thing about it I don’t have al the calculations you have I wish you can give some more inside from wat degree times how much for your Agel I love it
Can you get a big piece of furniture up the staircase ?
Yes, we can get fairly big items up the stairs
Max rise 220
The advert before this was for a film called 'the staircase' 🤷
Blimey they are clever!!!!
Weird! Perfect timing this video, will be installing a staircase soon. Will try stairbox. Used southern screed a while back too because of your videos 👍
Is Robin's new theme tune at the beginning and end of the videos not very similar to the theme tune from the program too? He's taking paid content to a whole new level....