How to create AWESOME stairs and break the mold we've been using for 80+ years!

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

IMHO, the front door and the stairs are the most important part of the house from a visual standpoint. It is what everyone sees and makes their first impression.

[@BrentHull]

AGREED!

[@padrigleamhnach]

Love this. I'm in the middle of rebuilding my ugly modern stairs with hand made, traditional stairs and this has given me a few ideas.

[@BrentHull]

Nice, glad to hear.

[@ShireTown1824]

Best channel on KZbin

[@BrentHull]

Awesome! Thanks.

[@andrewchapman1889]

Soooo cool. Love this stuff. Inspires me to be more creative as a builder. Thank you

[@BrentHull]

Happy to hear that! THanks!

[@oldskoolwayy]

Love these topics when brent make them..

[@BrentHull]

Thanks!!

[@hey_enji]

thank you so much for sharing your vast knowledge

[@BrentHull]

So nice of you

[@rogerhodges7656]

Another excellent video with so many important points made. Please keep them coming!

[@BrentHull]

Thanks, will do!

[@spilleradam]

Brent, I love watching your videos, very interesting very educational just very good , thanks .👍

[@BrentHull]

Glad you like them!

[@TallowView]

Terrific info mate. Thanks for your vids I am learning a lot of detail that I will be incorporating on my own home that is currently under construction. Stairs really are a forgotten feature.

[@BrentHull]

Great to hear it! Good luck.

[@FrenchFarmhouseDiaries]

Hey Brent another great vlog thank you were do you get all them fantastic books buddy

[@BrentHull]

Thanks, yes, one at a time. A lot searches on ebay.

[@JayCWhiteCloud]

Excellent...!!!

[@BrentHull]

THanks!

[@hgmgrand]

Couldn't agree more with this. My stairs are ugly!

[@hgmgrand]

Also, love all your videos. I've learned so much from them. Keep them coming!

[@BrentHull]

Shoot. Sorry.

[@carmencolon3520]

One of the big problems is that contractors doesn’t know or want to restore an older home. It’s a Constance fight that owners go through the process of firing or waiting to find that perfect contractor. Owning an older homes it’s a challenge. Keeping it age and proper style is a fight.

[@BrentHull]

No doubt! I agree, it is a big fight. Thanks for sharing.

[@oldskoolwayy]

Totally agree I am still struggling to find contractors for my older home whom knowledgeable and know what they are doing they always try to tear out something old in my home and replace it with off the shelf standards. Its has been 2 years of back and forth trying to find contractors..

[@carmencolon3520]

@@oldskoolwayy It has been 5 years for us so take a deep breath and count to 10. Try to learn as much as you can how to take care of your home. Check some of the books on Brent Hull list. You may need to build and train that contractor because they don't exist specifically if you living in remote areas or small towns. Just take your time to enjoy the house.

[@SupaFly10579]

Yes there are people that can fix it but not respect the home.

[@InuJF]

Hi Brent! We're doing a renovation on our house and are trying to figure out how to get something more unique for our stairs, but don't know where to look. Do you know of any suppliers of unique newell posts and balusters?

[@BrentHull]

Sadly no. I have found no large firm that does unique stairs.

[@LogansRun314]

@@BrentHull You should tell these firms to watch your videos!

[@ramblinjamman]

Brent Hull The Boss bringin' it again! Could you direct us to where one might have custom balusters turned for $20-$30 a piece that you mentioned?

[@BrentHull]

Have you called any custom turnings companies? Josephs turnings in NY is one. I suspect with inflation you might be at 30-40 now. Thanks.

[@rodeopenguin]

What I want to know is what machines they were using to make all those incredible newel posts in the late Victorian era. Surely we can make computer-controlled machines today that just spit out great pieces of wood for these details.

[@BrentHull]

Thanks for sharing. The difference is that new CNC machines can only make what they are told to make, garbage in garbage out. They need programmers that can tell them the proper details. That is the what is missing.

[@MKDorianGray]

From a historical standpoint, let's say for a Victorian Italianate home, does a newel post need to be specifically round or square?

[@BrentHull]

Most common on Victorian Italianates are round or octagonal. Square rarely, but it depends on the house.

[@SupaFly10579]

I have an old Victorian. The main entrance is narrow with grand stairway on left and hallway on right with 3 pocket doors. There is no foyer area, you simply go up stairs or go down the hall.

[@BrentHull]

Interesting. Thanks.

[@ce1581]

Would it really be so wrong for me to use that chippendale style fret work in my characterless 1940 home ? I might do it ! The stair case really needs to be redone ,treads are too short- my heels hang over them , it's too steep ,with a tight turn, and it's been closed in . I fell down it the first week so it's a change I feel I need to make . The plus side to redoing it is a chance to add character and a more spacious feel to the main floor even if only visually.

[@BrentHull]

Go for it. It can work. Thanks for watching.

[@jordyjustine]

European immigration is sorely missed. Indoctrination camps hold the birth between knowledge and the youth.

[@BrentHull]

ok.

[@taylorsutherland6973]

This is along the same line as the boxed soffit return here in the Northeast. Everyone does it, and it is awful looking.

[@BrentHull]

I hope to have a video on it soon. Yes! its a big problem.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

Is that the same as an eve return/cornice return? I haven’t seen one done correctly in the last 30 years. I’ve seen houses in the $ millions with the dreaded “pork chop eves” I’m eagerly waiting for the video to set the record straight.

[@taylorsutherland6973]

@@kurtvonfricken6829 yes, the pork chop return! It seems no matter the scale or type of home/building they are all done the same...lame way.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

@@taylorsutherland6973 I thought I was the only one! Pork Chops should be banned on all but tract houses.

[@kurtvonfricken6829]

And the other amazing thing is that no one notices or seems to care. You would think someone with the wherewithal to afford a house costing 7 figures would at least take a little interest in getting the details correct. Vinyl siding on chimneys is my other pet peeve, as well as houses with fireplaces but NO chimneys.

[@MAGAMAN]

Those look terrible.

[@BrentHull]

Thanks!