Full staircase: newel post, banister and spindles-FREE
Unique opportunity for a DIYer, A FREE STAIRCASE! While they will NOT be able to salvage the treads and risers, we have asked our local renovator to dis-assemble the spindles, newel post and full banister. The spindles are most likely walnut (similar to most of the circa 1900’s frame homes in the area that we…
Unique opportunity for a DIYer, A FREE STAIRCASE!
While they will NOT be able to salvage the treads and risers, we have asked our local renovator to dis-assemble the spindles, newel post and full banister. The spindles are most likely walnut (similar to most of the circa 1900’s frame homes in the area that we have seen…and ours), the newel post “might” be mahogany. The banister (2 stories worth) is oak.
Spindles and newel post are painted. The banister is stained.
Here’s the catch, if you want it, you will be given a 48hr window to pick it up, period.
Essentially a few days before the tear out and install of the new oak staircase, I’ll be given the heads-up and thus contacting the DIYer.
This will happen in the next 1-2 weeks.
First come, first served.
Interested? E-mail loneinformer(at)gmail.com
OK folks, stairs have been taken!
Funny enough, by the same couple who took the newel post from out last give-a-way a few months back. Now they’ll have a fully matching staircase.
Makes me smile.
Thanks for all the interest.
Hopefully more stuff in the future, and I encourage all of you forum posters to look out at job sites and help out your fellow DIYers 🙂
I agree! Way beyond the call of duty, AJ, it’s great to see someone working to preserve rather than destroy. Too many posters on this site are into demolish-and-replace. I usually cringe when I read about someone doing a “gut renovation.”
Btw, I had a good laugh over “dental work” as I imagined you saving old bridges and crowns…until I realized what you meant.
Good job! as we parents say.
I have made it a point to…help salvage/reuse perfectly fine ….. dental work.
Sorry, you won’t have much luck with my British teeth.
Sorry for the snark, AJ. That’s a noble effort on your part. Can’t imagine what the contractor is replacing that stuff with that would be an improvement.
2:48 — I think you are looking at a plywood subfloor. But if you like the look, it is an extremely economical way to go.
That floor is nice, what is it? Wide pine?
forgot to add, I have about 12 folks so far interested, but only 1 who’s going to use all of the parts in their rehab. Unless that person bails, that’s the top of the list. I’ll let anyone who has e-mailed me know what happens next.
slopefarm,
Not my project. One on my block. I have made it a point to befriend contractors in the area and help salvage/reuse perfectly fine stairs, counter tops, wood work, dental work, etc. whenever possible.
While I understand folks wanting to gut, rehab and install new stuff (we did, but kept our original stairs!), I want to make sure they are not just dumping usable pieces of the old architecture and craftsmanship into a landfill.
And I like it when folks get it for free 🙂
What are you doing to that poor old house that you can’t reuse the spindles, banister and newells? We had new oak treads and risers put in and the whole thing reset and we managed to keep the spindles (probably walnut as you say), banister (mahogany) and newells (lord knows what they are made of). Glad you are trying to avoid wasting it, though.
Had emailed- I would be willing to pick the whole thing up. I will use most but not all of it, and would be happy to share some of the spindles with the poster above. I’m in the NY area, and can pick up on short notice.
Mike