{"id":13454,"date":"2018-07-02T21:44:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T04:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=13454"},"modified":"2018-07-02T21:44:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T04:44:57","slug":"fixing-the-rowhouse-staircase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=13454","title":{"rendered":"Fixing the Rowhouse staircase"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the new wallpaper in, here’s how the Rowhouse’s staircase looked when I slid it back into place.<\/p>\n

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There was always a gap between the staircase and the wall, but I think it got worse as a result of the extra thickness added by the new wallpaper and the sanding I did on the top side of the stairs to make them fit. <\/p>\n

I glued in strip wood to fill in the gap at the side.<\/p>\n

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The bottom three steps don’t meet the wall.<\/p>\n

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I decided to fix this by adding strip wood to the fronts of the steps. I also made a new piece for the landing.<\/p>\n

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Before sliding in the stairs, I had made a paper template for the wallpaper.<\/p>\n

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Here it is with the wallpaper and trim back on. No more gap!<\/p>\n

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Gluing in this newel post was just as hard this time as it was the first time<\/a>. I had to reach in through the front door with one hand and the French door with the other hand.<\/p>\n

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I planned to add quarter round to the edges of the treads, to cover the gaps there, but realized as I got started that there would still be a little gap underneath the quarter round. It’s worst on the bottom two steps.<\/p>\n

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I shoved little pieces of wood into those gaps.<\/p>\n

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Then I added the quarter round trim. The edges look raggedy in this close-up, but they’re fine at normal size! <\/p>\n

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Something that bugs me, though, is that two of the three strip wood pieces I added to the fronts of the steps aren’t flush with the wall. By the time I noticed this, the glue was already dry and I couldn’t fix it. Either they slid around while I was gluing them and I didn’t notice, or the wallpaper got compressed when I shoved in the little pieces of wood, creating a gap. (The wall is uneven behind this for various reasons, so even though the wallpaper looks nice and flat, it has a little give to it.) Whatever the cause, the dark crack annoys me and is all I see when I look at the stairs. Of course.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I continued the quarter round up the stairs. I didn’t like how the wallpaper isn’t snug with the top step — that’s one reason I decided to add the quarter round.<\/p>\n

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All covered up!<\/p>\n

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Now that this is done, I’m kind of not thrilled with it. I mean, it’s fine, and a necessary evil to cover up those gaps, but it’s kind of choppy looking. But there’s no turning back now.<\/p>\n

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So that’s the staircase finished! Looks great!<\/p>\n

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Only problem is, now the hinged panel won’t close all the way.<\/p>\n

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The corner of the panel is bumping into the trim, even though the stairs are in the same position and the trim is the same thickness as before. Ironically I think that gap I just did all this work to cover up was providing clearance for the panel. Argh!<\/p>\n

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The right way to fix this would be to remove the panel and round the corner, but that would require redoing the wallpaper, and I just don’t feel like it. So for now I’m going to leave it alone. The panel does close if I push on it, but it pops open again. I might add a latch to hold it closed. <\/p>\n

Over time the wallpaper will probably rub away in that area, but I want to wait and see — it could be a long time before there’s noticeable damage. Luckily I still have one piece of wallpaper that’s exactly the right size to redo the panel, if I need to someday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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