The owner of our project in Juneau Alaska saved a huge spruce log to form the base of a spiral staircase in his new home. This is one of those situations where experience really plays a role in making difficult things seem easy. We designed a similar staircase YEARS ago for our client in Port Townsend Washington. His staircase was a great focal point to his home. So when our Alaska clients presented the idea, we were all ready on board. I remembered a magazine article about the details for fabricating and installing he treads and a quick trip to the library produced a copy of the article. It was a bit embarrassing to realize that the article was written over 20 years ago! (it seems like yesterday...) This is one of the great things about our profession. You just keep on learning, new concepts, but you also get to reuse valuable experiences too.
Here is the spruce log being stored, ready for use
The timber frame is then installed
The Owner Scott Jenkins Cuts off the top of the timber
The timber is ready for stair treads
We will be posting updates when we have photos of the finished stairs.
