Hi, I have an interior staircase in the house that doesn't seem to be measured correctly. After removing wallpaper and old paneling, I see that there are gaps between 50-100 mm between the staircase and the wall on 2 out of 3 sides. It looks like they tried to compensate for this by nailing the staircase with wooden spacers/blocks.
The staircase also creaks quite a bit. Can this be fixed, or is it simply that the staircase was poorly measured from the start?
What do you say @Immobil? I know you usually have expertise in staircase construction.
From above
From below, you can see one of the spacers in this picture, it's like this around 2 out of 3 sides
Hi, I have an inner staircase in the house that doesn't seem to be measured correctly. After removing wallpaper and old panel, I see that there are gaps of between 50-100 mm between the stairs and the wall on 2 out of 3 sides. It looks like someone tried to compensate for this by nailing the stairs with wooden spacers/blocks. The staircase also creaks quite a bit. Can this be fixed, or is it simply because the stairs were poorly measured from the start?
Now, I'm not Immobil, but I’ll attempt an answer anyway (I have 16 years of experience as a carpenter/timberman)
You probably mean 5-10 mm error (not 50-100), it looks that way in the pictures at least?
I think they measured the stairs a bit smaller on purpose, to be 100% sure it would fit.
To make it look a bit nicer, you could add a trim on the top side. On the underside, you could attach (screw + construction adhesive) something more stable (like 35x70 mm) flush with the underside of the staircase run, this is to provide extra support that might counteract some creaks in the stairs. But to make it completely creak-free, it would likely require quite a bit of work to counteract potential movements in the steps. I don't generally know how this is usually done.
Now, I am not Immobil, but I'll give an answer anyway (have 16 years of experience as a carpenter/timberman)
You mean 5-10mm off (not 50-100), it looks like that in the pictures anyway?
I think the stairs have been measured a little smaller intentionally, to be 100% sure that it will fit. To make it look a bit nicer, you can put a trim on the top side. On the underside, you can attach (screw + construction adhesive) something more stable (like 35X70mm) flush against the underside of the stair run, this is to get extra support which might counteract some creaking in the stairs. But to make it completely creak-free would probably require quite a bit of work to counteract any movement in the steps, I don't have a general overview of how that is usually done.
Thanks!! That's right, of course, it's 5-10 mm and nothing else
