Peter never ceases to be fascinated by flights of stairs since working for a stair builder in the 90's for a few years. Since then he has constructed three flights personally and this seems like the time to publish these. The first was installed in a bedroom for access to a higher bed and mattress. The second was a high quality piece made of Victorian Mountain Ash (kiln dried) and installed to give access to a mezzanine from a living space.
The last one, still in construction, is an external flight at the Gembrook Retreat. A totally different way of stair building is required for an external flight because of the tendency for timber to rot if it cannot dry out. Gaps in the joins and galvanised brackets are "in" for external flights, quite the opposite to the internal ones.
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