uhh, side stairs [finally] finished.

Hmm, let's see ... I started a post back in (hold on I have to check) July about the stairs. So back then, before I tore them out but after I built the sidewalk they looked like this -

Yep.

So then I painted the house. Installed new lattice. Got a new porch light. And finished building the stairs ...

Nothing radically different, but I opted for two 2x6s per tread instead of what the other folks had used (a single 1x12 which bowed cos it got wet over the years) - spaced them out 1/8" so there is room for the water to drain in between them. Hopefully they don't bow. Added roofing felt to the bottoms of the stringers where they rest on the concrete footings I built. And at least now this set of stairs is up to code what with having railings and all. And much more solid than the previous ones, which pretty much moved when you looked at them. Oh, and they're level now, too.

Now this weekend I get to finally finish the front stairs after, uhh, a few months of not having any stairs. Yea!

(Although that means the solicitors may be back - having no stairs and a three or four foot high front porch sort of kept them at bay)