Word pf friendly advice from an old carpenter (and an old person who is still active and healthy). As a home builder and remodeler and designer for 50 years, you develop some skills to a higher level than others. One skill I really delved into was stairs. I LOVE stairs! I have designed and built probably 40 sets of stairs from square straight runs, to square spirals, to circular spirals, and all combinations. As I have aged, those things I loved so much to design and build have become really my first big obstacle in my everyday life now. For decades I used the "standard" 7-1/4 to 8" height for the risers, and 11" for the treads. I thought nothing of it. But then something happened; I built my parents home in 1979. A two-story 4,500 square foot home. I designed and built the stairway, which was just fine for several decades. But the last 20 years of my mother's life, she could not go upstairs. It was too difficult and painful on her then 65-year-old knees. Later, when I bult an addition (a one-bedroom addition apartment for an 80 year-old woman) onto a friend's house, there were 3 sets of simple stairs that had to be constructed. I designed all the stairs to have a maximum riser of 5". That lady lived in that apartment the rest of her life (about 15 more years) and not once had any trouble whatsoever with any of those stairs. And I have used that as my standard ever since, if there was enough room. I just wanted to share that because you and Viant (apologies for not knowing how to spell his name) are starting from scratch and have plenty of room, and someday, Lord willing, you will be spending your golden years together in your wonderful steel castle. It would be unfortunate to not be able to navigate your stairs simply because of the height of the risers. Perhaps make a wooden mock-up of a few steps at various height riser configurations. Walk on them. If 8-1/2" feels comfortable now, make a mock-up of steps with 11" risers. THAT;S how those 8-1/2" steps will feel when you are 55, 60, or 65. Just small (but lengthy LOL) advice from a 74-year-old in very good shape with a home that has 4 sets of stairs, all with 5" or less risers, none of which give me any trouble whatsoever. And each Sunday I go to my church and struggle with 8" stairs all over the building. Food for thought. Love watching you guys!
Loving what the house is now looking with the wonderful windows and the surrounding view of your beautiful nature ,...a real complete comfort in your housing area....and also being in the nice nature 🤗💝🌲🌳💫
Have built a few single stringer stairs and love doing it in the shop. Building floating stairs to the entrance of my new house this month! Going to check this tape measure out in a minute
FYI: Just noticed when you used the physical tape part at about 5 mins in you mentioned the magnet 🧲 being cool and it is BUT the way you used it actually gave you an incorrect measurement. If you look at the end of any tape measure the little lip moves back and forth. This is to allow it to take into account the thickness of that little bit of metal that you hook over things. When you hook them over the edge of a board for example then pull the tape measure out the lip will naturally pull to its longest extent meaning it’s measuring from the far side of the board. But if you push it against a flat surface like a wall it will push the lip to its shortest point. And now it’s measuring from the wall. BUT the way you used the magnetic to attach to a wall therefore pulled it to its longest extent meaning it’s now measuring the thickness of the metal lip too much! 😬 Instead once you pull it to its full extent and just before you measure make sure you push that lip back in by pushing the tape against the wall again. As if the magnet wasn’t there and you needed to keep it against the wall your self. 🙃 Hope this helps. If my explanation sucks then google how to use a tape measure. Other people are WAY better at explaining stuff like this than me! 😂 🫣
Being a mid week post, it’s exactly what I expected!!! I’m always happy to watch and support this channel! They’re giving wonderful content. Post yours, I’d give it a chance!
As I mentioned in the video, it's a sponsored video, and it's a product I think many of our viewers would be interested in which is why I shared it. You can check out this video for more about that topic: ua-cam.com/video/Km9frIy13z0/v-deo.htmlsi=LvHw0tNKPmCB_bTP
It's the beginning/planning stages of the stairs and how we used the measuring tape to calculate several aspects of the stairs. We have the construction in later videos.
I’ve always looked forward to your videos and how well you’re progressing with the project. Unfortunately, most of your content is now taken up with advertisements. I think you’ll find that you may lose subscribers! 😢
Word pf friendly advice from an old carpenter (and an old person who is still active and healthy). As a home builder and remodeler and designer for 50 years, you develop some skills to a higher level than others. One skill I really delved into was stairs. I LOVE stairs! I have designed and built probably 40 sets of stairs from square straight runs, to square spirals, to circular spirals, and all combinations. As I have aged, those things I loved so much to design and build have become really my first big obstacle in my everyday life now. For decades I used the "standard" 7-1/4 to 8" height for the risers, and 11" for the treads. I thought nothing of it. But then something happened; I built my parents home in 1979. A two-story 4,500 square foot home. I designed and built the stairway, which was just fine for several decades. But the last 20 years of my mother's life, she could not go upstairs. It was too difficult and painful on her then 65-year-old knees. Later, when I bult an addition (a one-bedroom addition apartment for an 80 year-old woman) onto a friend's house, there were 3 sets of simple stairs that had to be constructed. I designed all the stairs to have a maximum riser of 5". That lady lived in that apartment the rest of her life (about 15 more years) and not once had any trouble whatsoever with any of those stairs. And I have used that as my standard ever since, if there was enough room. I just wanted to share that because you and Viant (apologies for not knowing how to spell his name) are starting from scratch and have plenty of room, and someday, Lord willing, you will be spending your golden years together in your wonderful steel castle. It would be unfortunate to not be able to navigate your stairs simply because of the height of the risers. Perhaps make a wooden mock-up of a few steps at various height riser configurations. Walk on them. If 8-1/2" feels comfortable now, make a mock-up of steps with 11" risers. THAT;S how those 8-1/2" steps will feel when you are 55, 60, or 65. Just small (but lengthy LOL) advice from a 74-year-old in very good shape with a home that has 4 sets of stairs, all with 5" or less risers, none of which give me any trouble whatsoever. And each Sunday I go to my church and struggle with 8" stairs all over the building. Food for thought. Love watching you guys!
Thx for the tips!! :)
Exciting times 😊👍
Loving what the house is now looking with the wonderful windows and the surrounding view of your beautiful nature ,...a real complete comfort in your housing area....and also being in the nice nature 🤗💝🌲🌳💫
Thank you so much!!
Through How wonderful how wonderful it is in every possible though dedication and wonderful friendship 💝🤗💫
Love it so much keep it up as always 💘🎉
Thank you so much!!! :)
Your home is very classy. You’ve put a lot of thought in to it. Awesome.
Thank you!
Have built a few single stringer stairs and love doing it in the shop. Building floating stairs to the entrance of my new house this month! Going to check this tape measure out in a minute
It definitely does a lot and I love the laser and level/angle feature. :)
looking forward to the stair build.... the inspiration shots were amazing
Thanks so much!! We are too :)
can't wait for y'all to start on the stairs.... cause I love floating stairs 🙂 (love that laser measuring tape too)
Thx so much!! We are getting there :)
What a cool instrument. Really removes most of the guess work.
It's the most capable measuring tape we've ever used!
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Thank you!!
That is so nice,Hi from Colorado Springs 😀😀
Thank you so much!!
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Thank you!!
FYI: Just noticed when you used the physical tape part at about 5 mins in you mentioned the magnet 🧲 being cool and it is BUT the way you used it actually gave you an incorrect measurement.
If you look at the end of any tape measure the little lip moves back and forth. This is to allow it to take into account the thickness of that little bit of metal that you hook over things. When you hook them over the edge of a board for example then pull the tape measure out the lip will naturally pull to its longest extent meaning it’s measuring from the far side of the board. But if you push it against a flat surface like a wall it will push the lip to its shortest point. And now it’s measuring from the wall. BUT the way you used the magnetic to attach to a wall therefore pulled it to its longest extent meaning it’s now measuring the thickness of the metal lip too much! 😬
Instead once you pull it to its full extent and just before you measure make sure you push that lip back in by pushing the tape against the wall again. As if the magnet wasn’t there and you needed to keep it against the wall your self. 🙃
Hope this helps. If my explanation sucks then google how to use a tape measure. Other people are WAY better at explaining stuff like this than me! 😂 🫣
More advertisement than content
Being a mid week post, it’s exactly what I expected!!! I’m always happy to watch and support this channel! They’re giving wonderful content. Post yours, I’d give it a chance!
As I mentioned in the video, it's a sponsored video, and it's a product I think many of our viewers would be interested in which is why I shared it. You can check out this video for more about that topic: ua-cam.com/video/Km9frIy13z0/v-deo.htmlsi=LvHw0tNKPmCB_bTP
zero construction, just a video about a tape measurer
It's the beginning/planning stages of the stairs and how we used the measuring tape to calculate several aspects of the stairs. We have the construction in later videos.
I’ve always looked forward to your videos and how well you’re progressing with the project. Unfortunately, most of your content is now taken up with advertisements. I think you’ll find that you may lose subscribers! 😢
Thank you! You should check out this video we did explaining more about that topic: ua-cam.com/video/Km9frIy13z0/v-deo.htmlsi=LvHw0tNKPmCB_bTP