Synopses & Reviews
Quick Guide: Stairs & Railings This Quick Guide shows you how to design and build all kinds of staircases and railings for your home. The most essential information you need to successfully handle each task is packed into this concise construction manual. Detailed drawings clearly illustrate the step-by-step instruction, which has been written with you, the do-it-yourselfer, in mind. With the help of this Quick Guide, you can add value to your home while enjoying the greatest possible savings in time, effort, and money.
Quick Guide: Stairs & Railings shows you how to:
- Design a staircase
- Build a basic straight-run stairway
- Construct open-riser exterior stairs
- Build an L-shaped staircase with landing
- Install ladder, spiral, folding, and platform stairs
- Assemble and install balustrades and railings
- Repair damaged steps, handrails, and balusters
Review
"Light on text and heavy on illustrations with step-by-step instructions, each paperback in the Quick Guide series contains enough checklists, diagrams, safety instructions and tips to make it a useful reference for even novice do-it-yourselfers." -
-Chicago TribuneReview
"If you're looking for at-a-glance repair guides for the home, Quick Guides will prove perfect...pack(ed) with information...exceptional, clear illustrations."
-The Midwest Book Review
Review
"If you're looking for at-a-glance repair guides for the home, Quick Guides will prove perfect...pack(ed) with information...exceptional, clear illustrations."
-The Midwest Book Review
"Light on text and heavy on illustrations with step-by-step instructions, each paperback in the Quick Guide series contains enough checklists, diagrams, safety instructions and tips to make it a useful reference for even novice do-it-yourselfers." --Chicago Tribune
Synopsis
This Quick Guide shows readers how to design and build all kinds of staircases and railings for their home. The most essential information readers need to successfully handle each task is packed into this concise construction manual. Over 190 detailed drawings clearly illustrate the step-by-step instruction, which has been written with the do-it-yourselfer in mind. With the help of this Quick Guide, readers can add value to their home while enjoying the greatest possible savings in time, effort, and money.