The Victorian: Getting to the Bottom of Things.
Basement Stairs and Other Such Items. Among the many issues with the Victorian property when we purchased it was the basement stairs. I'm not sure that the term dysfunctional even begins to describe the state of the stairs which led to the basement. There were a couple obvious issues, probably most notably the "cross slope" at the bottom flight which lead me to believe that the stringer was less than structurally solid. Also an interior post that should have been holding the stairs up was dry rotted out at the base and clearly not supporting anything. Luckily for me, and anyone who has used those stairs in the more recent past the stairs were also attached to a sidewall, and essentially hung from the main floor which provided enough support that I did not fall through. Needless to say replacing these stairs was one of the earlier issues needing to be tackled. The Existing Stairs Of course when remodeling nothing is as simple as it would