SCOPE CREEP!
Mrs DCF likes the paint colour so much that she wants to get the tv room painted.
And remove the wainscoting.
And change all of the baseboard and casing.
So the first bit of the wainscoting came off.
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And the oak railing is gone.
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And that’s created a bit of a problem.
The new posts that were purchased are bigger than what came out.
That means that the hole in the floor and the notch in the tread need to be opened up.
OR
We don’t put a handrail on that side of the stairs and we just replace the lower tread.
We could put a handrail on the other wall.
Code says we might not need a handrail at all.
There are two treads and, as I interpret it, three risers.
A riser from the lower floor to the first tread, a riser from the first tread to the second tread, and a riser from the second tread to the upper floor.
It’s kinda open to interpretation. Some would not count that riser from the second tread to the upper floor.
Honestly, I don’t really care anymore. As long as Mrs DCF is happy.