Recent content by newstairs

That sounds great in theory, but with all the trade demand due to lockdowns, SDLT holiday and whatever else, every trade is booked out for months ahead, and half don't even reply back when the job is slightly more challenging than usual as they have a long queue of easier jobs lined up to take...

They don't look great. The treads are alright (just stained in a not great colour) but the balustrades look cheap. Going for oak and glass instead. Plus we're plastering that wall so to avoid the existing string being embedded in plaster we'd have to significantly modify the existing staircase...

Thanks for the responses lads. For those who say float and set/skim, what's the reasons? We did have a plasterer out months ago who quoted to do that wall (before we had the idea of replacing the stairs) and he seemed to go straight to the idea of dot and dab (hence me saying it). Also, even...

Hi all. This isn't really DIY but I would like some advice from the pros. We have a staircase currently installed on bare brickwork inside the house. We want this brick plastered over so it'll eventually have to be dot and dabbed. At the moment there's a staircase installed up against it...