Stairs reborn

The old is gone and the new is here. These stairs are safer, prettier, and all out better. The new design allows for better use of tiny house space and a cleaner kitchen. The treads are installed and the back plates will be shortly. 

access to tiny house

make shift stairs are in. The old cinderblock we were using to get up to the deck is gone ( used in a pier to make the deck addition) I can not tell you how many times I fell using that cinderblock. My wife has sure been a trooper, as I know she has not enjoyed the block system. none the less the new little stairs are a nice way to come home.

tiny house: stairs

My last post was about the future stairs. Well, The ladder has been replaced by actual stairs. My wife woke up the other day and said," I feel like building something today." And so the stairs were born. One short trip to the lumber mill and a few measurements latter we had stairs, or at least 2/3 of them.

for those interested in the details: the stairs are 2 ft wide including the stringers. That makes the treads 20 inches each. They are steep and small. 6 inches between treads with about 11 inch treads. The steps are overlapped so that about 6 inches are exposed per tread, which is to say it is like a ladder mixed with stairs leaned up at a moderate angle. The one stringer is lag screwed to the wall and the other is connected to the floor above. It will also be connected to the 6x6 that we just put in place.

This 6x6 rests on a 6x6 floor beam below it and it will provide added rigidity to the floor above as well as support to the stairs. The beam really adds a nice feel to the aesthetic of the house too, if you ask me. 

tiny house stairs

Here a ladder leans up against the wall where soon the stairs will go. The house is coming along and we hope to be posting paint photos soon.