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[TheStairguyvideo]

Hi Lukaszandzel:

I understand that steel is strong and it works well as a bridge. However the problem with wrapping a steel stair with with wood is that the expansion and contraction of wood verses steel are vastly different. The wood would eventually seperate, crack and blister because of said expansion. If you are going to use steel in a stair use material like particle board or MDF then wrap it with carpet. This material is much more stable than solid wood. Thanks.

ROLe, The Stairguy

[Lukaszandzel]

Video was very good. I do lots of stair projects as well ( 20-30 per year mostly comercial ones ). I always try to keep as far as I can from timber. In my opinion stairs can be timber only when you have strong steel structure stringers undeneath. In my house ( which I rent - so I can make any changes ) I have timber stairs with timber balousters - exacly like those on the video. If you do stairs in steel you can have incredibly strong connections - bolts or welds which can be easly hiden.

[HOMEnHIGH]

carpenter...cool...same job as Jesus...

always made me wonder, when he was going about doing all thoes talks, all thoes thousands of people gathering around, one of them must of nudged the person stood next to them and said.."ere..im sure thats the dude who built my Gazebo".....

[stairbuilding]

Good Video But I don't know about the green screen. I tried it but mine looked like yours. Anyway good job.

[TheStairguyvideo]

I hear you stairbuilding.

I need a better camera to pull off a good green screen. I use Sony Vegas so it wasn't the programs fault. Thanks for the positive comment.

ROLe The Stairguy

[jeffpicks]

@TheStairguyvideo It looks like you got a shadow in there... next time, try lighting from both right and left sides... that will eliminate the shadow, and the green screen effect will look MUCH better!

[TheStairguyvideo]

@jeffpicks

Hi jeffpicks:

I think you are right however I also need to upgrade to a better camera that uses a two or three color capture. My cameras do a well enough job for now but I do need to upgrade to a better main camera eventually. Thank you very much for the comment and I will try your suggestion.

ROLe, The Stairguy.

[dongsled]

hey ripped5050 if the rail was continous on the right side you would still loose the same 4 inches at least with the wall rail on the left it could come off to get something up

[1stCAVMeserve]

in 1:19, how do you cut the raisers boards to mactch the board that floows along with the stairs?

do you do it one by one? is it a 45 degree cut cutted in each board?

I have to remove the carpet out of an old stairs and make it look like yours. please throw some light on me :D. with all your wisdom mister stairgauy sr. thank you so much.

[1stCAVMeserve]

hi mister stairguy...at 1:19 how the best way to cut the raiser board to match equally to theside board that follows the steps? do u do it one buy one?

I believe its a 45 degree cut in each oe of the boards. Please see this comment before wednesday..:D

I have to remove the carpet from one of those and make it look like urs...thank you so much.

[TheStairguyvideo]

@1stCAVMeserve

Hi 1stCAVMeserve:

Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner. Please go to my website and email me your question again. They don't give me enough character space to answer you here properly. Thanks for your interest.

ROLe, The Stairguy

[TheStairguyvideo]

Thanks Don, I'm glad the video did the trick for you and I am also grateful for the nice plug. I am always glad to help my customers. That project of yours was difficult and I'm happy that I could be of some small help. Be good and good luck in your business in the coming year. ROLe, The Stairguy.

[DonJapp]

I posted a comment on your other You Tube video. Got the video helped me out lots, lent it to my guys and they loved it. Thanks for the email help too. Couldn't have done the job as well or as quickly without your help.

[ripped5050]

next time Mr Stairguy,you should make the rake rail continuos so you dont have to use a wall rail and lose another 4 inches in your stairwell.Nice work though,like to see you made the basecap continuos throughout the staircase.

[TheStairguyvideo]

@ripped5050 Hey ripped5050 great comment. You are correct that I should have gone that route but there was one small problem......the homeowner's pocket book. All the extra parts and labor to make the rail continuous on the right side was more than the client was prepared to spring for. Granted it would have looked a lot neater but bucks are bucks and the buck stopped at a wall rail. Be cool, ROLe The Stairguy.