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5 Winter Weekend Indoor DIY Projects

January 29, 2021 by Kathy Ziprik

Whether you’re staying inside this winter to avoid cold weather or possible COVID infection, now is the ideal time to tackle DIY projects. Invest just one weekend and you can add value and style to your home interior. Plan ahead and order online so that your DIY materials come right to your door. Then start […]

Filed Under: Bathroom, Kitchen, Molding, Painting, stairs, Weekend Projects

Swapping Out Balusters – Easy, Impressive Project

December 28, 2020 by Kathy Ziprik

A little change can make a BIG difference. That’s what Liz Roth discovered when she changed out her stairway’s balustrades. Roth, who is sharing her Phoenix home’s renovation on Instagram, turned to L.J. Smith Stair Systems to help transform the look of the central stairway in her farmhouse style house. After 12 years in their […]

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Telescoping Baluster Marking Tool for Stairs

June 21, 2019 by Jake Thomas

Here’s a short video I made demonstrating how to use the Telescoping Baluster Marking Tool from L.J. Smith Stair Systems.

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Planning a Stair Rail

May 30, 2019 by Jake Thomas

Installing a stair guardrail can be a challenging undertaking. The project is more complicated than tread or riser removal, because you’re dealing with precise angles rather than square cuts. The rail system must be securely supported by newels that are solidly fastened to the framing of the floor or wall. The rail must also adhere […]

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Installing Risers on Stairs

April 8, 2019 by Jake Thomas

Okay, back to my ongoing to stair-remodeling series, which you can follow in my previous blog posts here. On the last episode, I had to deal with a surprise: constructing and installing a stair stringer. This time, I’m installing new risers and treads on the upper flight of this split-level staircase (home of the new […]

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Stair Stringer Installation

February 7, 2019 by Jake Thomas

Back to my ongoing stair remodel… A funny thing happened on the way to installing the remaining treads: Everything went haywire. I’ll try to sum it up as succinctly as possible:                          

Filed Under: stairs Tagged With: Building Materials, DIY, do it yourself, Extreme How-To, home improvement, Home Improvement Projects, riser, stairs, stringer, tread

Stair Rail Removal

February 5, 2019 by Jake Thomas

Getting back to my ongoing staircase remodel… I already replaced the lower flight of the split-level stair treads, but I couldn’t replace the upper flight before first removing the handrail. So, this next phase of the project called for some orderly demolition.                           […]

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Stair Tread Installation

February 1, 2019 by Jake Thomas

Our last blog post showed how to remove wooden stair treads. This post will show how to install the new treads, which were provided by L.J. Smith Stair Systems.          

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Stair Tread Removal

January 31, 2019 by Jake Thomas

Okay, back to my ongoing staircase remodel… You’ll see in earlier blog posts that I’ve already stained and finished the new treads and newel posts. Now it’s time to remove the old treads in preparation for the new ones. Although the old treads weren’t the prettiest pieces in the world, I was hoping to salvage […]

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Staining Stair Parts, Cont’d…

January 23, 2019 by Jake Thomas

Day 2 of staining the parts of our new stair system involved a lot of repetitive motion. After the wood stain had completely dried on the stair treads, I coated them all with gloss polyurethane. The poly should be applied in thin, successive coats and allowed to completely dry between coats. Before applying a new […]

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