Im reviewing all that now, looks good. I had to install neo-writer to view all the pages that said .dxf but when I try to open the two links that say stair2d.dxf and stair3d.dxf, I only see blank pages on the neo-writer. 

Are there any other formats you can send that?  The stair workshopdocs.pdf  work perfectly on my computer. 

What I’m confused about is I don’t have a view of how everything fits together, all I can see are the individual parts. So I’m not sure I can visualize, underneath the winder section for example, what each piece rests on and how it fits together. 

Also, Michel, a question – what exactly are the templates? Are they documents that can somehow be printed out actual size to lay on the actual wood, or something else? 

Okay Michel, thank you. 

I think at the moment I will say we should proceed ahead with the documents and then I will check everything over again at the house. If there are small adjustments necessary I can do them myself. 

I have miter saw, circular saw, table saw, jig saw, pretty much all the tools needed to do an entire home renovation. I am a licensed contractor and have done several of my own home renovations in addition to building many houses.

Although I am NOT a carpenter I think I can do it or get the appropriate help if needed. Retro-fitting a stairway into an unusual opening in a very old house is new to me however!

Greetings Michel, hope you are doing well. 

The latest version looks great, I will deal with any notching around the beams or adjustments to the posts as I build, no problem. 

I really like how you showed a curve on the bottom of the stringers, that looks good, will that be included in the templates? 

So what do you do next so I have a more exact idea of what to buy and how to cut and assemble it? Then I can inspect in more detail and let you know any changes. 

Best, 

Dan 

Hello Michel, hope you are having a nice sunday.  Here are some photos, the first one is looking “north” along the right side of the opening. Second one, “west” along the rear of the opening to where the stairs will end up. Third one is similar. Fourth one is looking “east” back along the rear of the opening. 

A few little notes: upon re-measuring, the floor to floor height is about 89″. The lower floor is now going to get 1/2″ total of underlayment and laminate flooring. The upper floor will have carpet padding then carpet. I plan to trim the opening with 1/2″ thick wood and have that wood stick up maybe 3/4″ above the upper floor height for the carpet to butt into. Don’t know if that affects stair calculations. 

Also, the width is really about 74, not 72. 

On the 81 inch dimension, that is from the front of the opening to the rear wall where the white siding is. As you can see, a beam projects about 3″ into that opening – the winders and stairs will go along it. I don’t know how the projection of the beam will affect building code on the width of the stairs but perhaps if we can make the stairs 39″ along that side it would be safer. 

Also, I don’t know if a handrail is required along that rear wall – I think the rail you have shown is adequate. 

Okay that’s all for now, hope this info is clear and helpful 

Best regards

Dan 

Thank you, Great.  When do you work, Michel? I do understand it’s Saturday and we also probably have a big time difference, where are you located? 

Tomorrow morning I will double check the dimensions and also send you photos , then I will be away for a couple of days and we can resume the final details maybe Tuesday. 

Looks like we are on the right track, easier than I thought.  Do I also get details of how everything is supported, in other words all the other parts like templates for the stringers, support for the winders, etc? 

Regards, Dan