Friday, January 2, 2009

Nearly finished the Loft joinery

Well I missed the Christmas dealine to finish the loft conversion but I put in some hours between Christmas and New Year.


The Landing Banister and and one streach of hand rail up the the stairs is fitted and looking good. I've finally unwrapped the newel turning just so I can stand back and admire the handiwork.

I've got a run of 7 spindles and handrail to go, hopefully this weekend. It's a tricky one as I've got to cut the handrail with a compound angle at both ends.

The other bit I wanted to finish was the shelves to create our pompus sounding library. The uprights I had finished a while back are made from one of the old pulins I took out. All the rest is new timber I've had aclimatisin for ages. As always it took longler than I expected. This was due to walls and purlin not being perfectly square. Each shelf is individually shaped so it all lines up.


So with a lot of sanding then finshing it will be complete. However this will have to wait as we've bought another project house to do up that will keep me busy for a few months.


8 comments:

  1. Hi Andy, those spindles are looking good. Nice job, looks like there are few tricky angles in there cut. How are you going to finish them, paint or wood stain?

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  2. Hi John,
    Thanks for your comment.
    I'll be finishing them with wood dye to match the existing stairs, after some experiments to colour right. Then I'm looking in to what oils or wax to use as an alternative to polyurethane varnish.
    I really don't like the coloures varnish they call stain these days. It's impossible to get a good, even colour and finish.
    Andy

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  3. Sorry for lack of english in the above, I've not figured out how to edit comments or do a spell check.
    Andy

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  6. I understand Loft Conversions can be a laborious work to do. Just be focused with what you are doing. You are about to finish it. Looking forward to see your finished work be posted here soon. Best of luck!

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  7. I understand Loft Conversion can be a laborious work to do. Just be focused with what you are doing. You are about to finished it.
    Looking forward to see your finished work be posted here soon. Best of luck!

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