Stairs Renovation - Making the Nosing

[@CallieMasters5000]

You'll never walk up & down those stairs again without remembering all this work involved in getting them back to what everybody else will hardly ever notice! Good work!

[@StewartDavidJ]

Thank you so much for posting this! I've been wrestling with how to restore the stairway in my house - the owners replaced lovely pre-Victorian open spindles and handrail with 2x4s boxed in with plywood. Seeing what you've done makes my project look almost managable.

[@mp330600]

You home is smiling now that it's heart has been repaired. You are doing a fabulous job. can't wait until the stairs are finished.

[@davidburns5027]

Excellent thinking outside the box and improvisation there mister!

[@AndyTaylor_Paintguy]

Great bit of ingenuity there to get such a close match to the original mouldings! And you're so lucky to have kids that will sleep through the noise, I can't even open a tin of paint without disturbing my lad 😄

[@moldingpro7208]

Your show is very well done. It is well polished and professional. Great job, keep it up!

[@richardbinnie]

You have the patience of a saint and are an inspiration to us all sir.

[@combows]

Retro fitting that stair trim crime shelving and ship lap should be something you should be very proud of very impressive

[@westernproducerSWP]

Well done for the 'thinking outside the box", the patience (with a young family), and the pure DIY spirit.

[@Pamela11485]

I love watching you guys work together to get stuff done! The stairs are looking great!

[@creativespace9]

Definitely thumbs up for The Victorians! Thanks for all these great videos and well done on such a fantastic youtube channel :)

[@hd02sporty]

They turned out beautiful. Amazing job!

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Great job, smart use of off the shelf timber, really neat.

[@1806StoneHouse]

Good work.. I can picture you trying to find what type of wood would work in the big box store.. they are really looking amazing!

[@rikistansfield4509]

Thanks for another great video. Big fan of your channel, though this brought back painful memories of stripping my own staircase. I actually had more success heating the old paint (bitumen, varnish, gloss etc) until it blistered and then allowing it to cool completely rather than going straight at it. It was then brittle enough to easily chip off with a carbide scraper or stripping knife.

[@Ragnar8504]

Yeah, sometimes that works better, just try each way of doing it! Two recommendations from my experience: 1) Keep the scraper below the heatgun and work your way up (that way the scraper doesn't get quite as hot) 2) Wear good thick gloves! You WILL touch the scraper or heatgun nozzle at some point.

[@danielsilvis203]

You do very nice work!

[@24revealer]

Its interesting how a quality joint is some sort of trickery.... Its called craftsmanship.

[@rmontena4583]

Good eyes and nice work!

[@felixreali7101]

Jo must be the most patient woman on the planet, letting you use the kitchen for this kind of work lol my wife would kill me lol

[@wendymaddock7705]

Wow work of art will look good went finished hard work but will finish the stairs can’t understand why they had to spoil it in the first place xxx

[@austenconstantinou1786]

Great going Tim! Keep it up mate! Just keep taking it one step at a time ! :)

[@TheRestorationCouple]

+Austen Constantinou lol. Best comment so far, assuming the pun was intended?!

[@52memor]

Funnily enough stripping with nitromore and a heat gun was my favourite job.... You've done a grand job there..... good luck

[@alicebrown531]

Wow - huge job! How long did the stair restoration take you?!

[@davidmarsden9800]

As usual a great job. Have you considered Abranet by Mirka and or similar sanding mesh instead of usual discs, they don't clogged and last a lot longer.

[@ealingbadger]

+1 for Abranet here.

[@theabhominal8131]

gotta love when you see the wife helping out.. me and my wife would be killing each other in 5 minutes...lol

[@52memor]

a bit of decorators caulk and you'd never notice.... Great job

[@kodiham7532]

Great Video! Was there any lead paint present?

[@gavinlacey4505]

I like the idea of using the ship lap and window board time for more staircase renovation for me

[@shutinyanks]

I know your probably extremely busy but could you tell me if its possible to replace treads on stairs as ours are all broken split you name it. It looks like you can but I'm wondering if they cross into the section (Forget the term) thats runs up the wall.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Not usually as they are structural to the stairs. It is however common practice to install new treads over the top and tread and nosing kits can be purchased, (or made). Hope that helps.

[@shutinyanks]

Yes thank you i had feared that would be the case, Guess i best get to work with the jigsaw and cut off those bullnoses! Thanks all the same.

[@johnfithian-franks8276]

Hi Tim, I hate to go all "safety sally" on you, but please when you make the first cut and then measure it is the right size, tune the saw off first so you are not leaning over a running blade while you check.

[@gwilo74]

hi i have reached a point where sanding is useless. please can anyone advise how to proceed?? how do i attach photos, so you can see my troubles?

[@mfcman2k7]

would be good t see you do a sharpening video I know there's loads on here but its nice to see how everyone dose it as everyone dose it different even if its just slightly keep up he good work

[@libraiis]

And think on this,,, that when that stair was built it was done with hand tools ,not a power tool in sight. Those perfect mitres were cut with a 22" panel saw. by hand. I know because as late as 1960 we were still doing it that way . Least ways in East Yorkshire we were during my apprentice ship and Lord help you if you screwed up a cut. Good patch for the cove mould, I would have cheated and taken off the whole length under the tread and cut what I needed from the center and then just made a filler for the space. It is getting covered by your runner any way so no harm no foul and you have enough to do any way with out adding to it!1 It all came out good though.

[@TheRestorationCouple]

Had planned on taking from the middle however that small moulding was tucked up under the nose of each tread and I could see it being the start of some creaky stairs if I began prying them out. :-)

[@keepawayfromthetrout]

I never knew your name was Tim :-)

[@lbh002]

Stairs

[@sunbin64]

Get your wife an apron so she doesn't mess up her nice clothes. :-)

[@ealingbadger]

Do you have a UK source for the router bits in that Eagle catalogue? My current favourite source for quality router bits is: www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Router_Cutters_1.html Generally much cheaper than Trend or Titman but at least as good quality wise and a lot more approachable and friendlier than both! They also carry some profiles which Trend don't and which come in jolly handy when trying to match mouldings in a Victorian house built in inches (not millimetres!).