Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Front Outdoor Stairs

 Since I had just completed the porch railing, I felt like I should just add the outdoor stairs while I was at it. This was a monster of a project. With the amount of variables and lack of good reference points, this was a golden opportunity for loads of errors. Which I did. A few times and several hours of rework. But I was able to get them installed and now happy with the end results. Yet, I still need to correct a few things.











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