When we bought this farm 20+ years ago, this little loft had been used to store square bales. Since we weren't square baling any hay, I cleaned it out and started storing scrap wood. First, there was wood from building the house, then tearing down old fence, then from forms made when we had a bridge repaired. There is a lot of scrap wood up there.
The problem had been getting to it. It is 4 feet up in the air with no stairs. I had this little 8 inch platform that I set in front of it, then I would hang on to the boards sticking out and climb up. Getting down was another story. There was an old wooden chair I would try to reach with my foot then jump.
Well, this is the chair the last time I tried that. I have been thinking of how best to get some stairs. I decided to buy a couple of stringers from Lowes.
They are actually made for a deck, but I turned them upside down to make a stepper incline and use less floor space. Plus, the 4 step stringers were $12 vs $25 for the 6 step variety. J got to work with the installation.
Some good helpers showed up halfway through.
Now I have stairs. Maybe I won't be risking breaking my neck next time I need a board.
Happy Independence Day!
This was a harrowing post. I hope you were not too injured in the "chair collapse" - yikes!
ReplyDeleteVery nice solution (if it had been me - I would have put the ladder/stair closer to a post for support)
oh and those helpers were bringing the cute
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