Staircase Under Way

Recent posts have waxed eloquent about the galvanised steel external staircase.   Today we had a second visit from staircase makers John Robb and his son Shane to take precise measurements on site and to brief Hopleys on where the concrete foundations need to be.  These guys do not hang around either.   The foundations will be cast on Monday and the actual tread-plate stairs will be bent today!

The three-landing dog-leg staircase will have a total of 17 steps, each 185.29mm deep.   The middle flight will follow the exact line of the existing stone retaining wall seen in the picture below, which is at a slight angle to the tower and to the extension.  This will look a great deal neater and made-to-measure for the site.   Which it is, of course.

 Above, Shane (left) and John make sense of the unusual site.

Below, John commits measurements to paper on one of the big rocks.