Saturday, June 1, 2013

Crumbling stairs are the next project.  Steps made of plates of concrete - vertical side plates and L-shaped riser/tread pieces interlocking with a notch at the back. And large flat top plates. All held in place with the drilled-in railing. Probably 1940's I'm guessing, same age as the siding.  I can't find anything about that style of step on the internet anywhere, if you can please send. Wow.

I'll definitely preserve the railing now that I can get it off of the concrete without cutting it. Tried with everything I already had yesterday to even slightly loosen one bolt.  Today bought a HF breaker bar for twelve dollars that looks like jewelry and works like a dream with my sockets. Fence has been moved back past the side door.  Trailer is empty.  It's practically done now except for the work.

2 comments:

queasyfish said...

Three loads to the transfer station Wednesday after work, done deal. I smashed all of the steps and plates in half. The four side plates I smashed into three each.

I was sad to learn that they were choosing to set up cones to enforce the 25 foot vehicle and trailer length for which my rig is a foot and a half too long. She let me in with that warning fortunately, but the van proved to be more convenient anyway actually with only the heavy chunks left and the double sliding doors. In the rain.

On the plus side with weighing in and out they can easily tell you how many pounds you sledgehammered, wheelbarrowed, trailer-loaded, drove and unloaded (Drove home trailer loaded, Drove home trailer loaded). 2800+

queasyfish said...

I put the railing out for recycling last week. The rise and run don't nearly match the old steps. Don't need it at all anyway.