Stairs continued

Finished most of the stairs. Enough to drywall the side-wall of the stairs, and realize I don't have enough spare drywall to do so. I'll probably buy some more wood to just completely redo all the treads and risers. With some of them glued together, ripping them out to reseat/reglue them to fix the squeaking can become destructive on the treads.

Liquid Nails everywhere!

Support wall ready for drywall I don't have.

All but one tread all secured.

Give more of an idea of why I did this...

Randomness

I've been working on a bunch of little things, all to get to a point where I can think about installing carpet downstairs. It's still quite a ways off, but here's the little things I've been doing. First off, is completing the window casing and paint.

The before. All bare...

A look at the profile of the casing, with a little accent at the top.

All nailed in and ready to paint.

Painted! Paint color sure looks different in the night compared to day.

So, after a little bit of finish work, I realized I needed to finish off the stairs in order to get the hallway all ready for finish drywall and mudding. Thus begins ripping out the carpet and fashioning an extra support for the stair treads that will now stick out (in place of the wall that I removed). I used my t-square and had to buy a new t-bevel to make sure the angles were all correct for matching the rise and run of the existing stairs. Took a lot of time just to make sure it all fit right...

The carpet tear-down.

All clear for measuring and cutting new angles to match.

Measuring with t-square and t-bevel to proper angle.

Cutting away with my circular saw.

Added a 2x4 to the right for more support.

A look from a different angle.

Roughly adding in the new risers and treads.

Everything is going in ok so far. The treads are... of course... completely out of level, so I'll have to see if adding shims to the right side of the treads will even things out, yet keep the treads secure and squeak proof. I've been adding Liquid Nails Heavy Duty Adhesive to everything so far to make sure everything is solid and doesn't move at all.