Comments on: How to build winder stairs https://wooddesigner.org/diy-stair-with-winders/ Mon, 20 May 2024 12:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: erko https://wooddesigner.org/diy-stair-with-winders/#comment-20594 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:08:03 +0000 https://stairdesignsoftware.net/?p=1448#comment-20594 Nowadays people tend to heat up houses so extremely at winter time that air has basically no humidity and no heating at summertime with high humidity , wondering what could happen if i make it one piece stringer about 300mm wide pinewood plus thin laminate of oak.

thank you for quick helpful answers !

]]> By: admin https://wooddesigner.org/diy-stair-with-winders/#comment-20593 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:59:48 +0000 https://stairdesignsoftware.net/?p=1448#comment-20593 Solid wood stairs should be kept inside. Intense variations in humidity will result in cracking .
So I never recommend solid wood for outside.
Scandinavian houses should be non different that others.
I have seen solid wood stairs 100s of years old in houses without central heating in perfect condition.
As long as there is no water running onto the wood.
Once a roof starts leaking onto the stair the wood will split and start rotting.

]]> By: erko https://wooddesigner.org/diy-stair-with-winders/#comment-20592 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:51:57 +0000 https://stairdesignsoftware.net/?p=1448#comment-20592 in any climate ?
thinking more scandinavian climate conditions

]]> By: admin https://wooddesigner.org/diy-stair-with-winders/#comment-20591 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:40:19 +0000 https://stairdesignsoftware.net/?p=1448#comment-20591 Hi Erko,

Yes the stringers can be one piece or more often several pieces glued together
They do not crack or bend if they are well seasoned.

]]> By: erko https://wooddesigner.org/diy-stair-with-winders/#comment-20590 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 09:25:32 +0000 https://stairdesignsoftware.net/?p=1448#comment-20590 Is that stringer one piece wood , it seems so on photo , isnt it going to bend later , or even crack ?

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