{"id":613,"date":"2015-01-27T20:45:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T20:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/?p=613"},"modified":"2015-01-27T20:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T20:45:15","slug":"the-stairs-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/?p=613","title":{"rendered":"The Stairs &#8211; Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC_02771-e1422390464555.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC_02771-e1422390464555-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"UglyStairs\" width=\"312\" height=\"550\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the old stairs were already nearing the end of their life when we bought the house, a year of brick dust and mortar sealed the deal. \u00a0They had been retreaded and the risers covered in various layers of panel board. \u00a0The risers were breaking off entire stairs. \u00a0To make matters worse all the pointing dropped dirt and mortar into every gap.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_618\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC_02861-e1422391348539.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-618\" class=\" wp-image-618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC_02861-e1422391348539-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Manimal!\" width=\"312\" height=\"552\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manimal!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They took an hour to disassemble from start to finish.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_616\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC_02981-e1422390485281.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-616\" class=\" wp-image-616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC_02981-e1422390485281-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Looking up from the 1st floor you can see all the way up to the roof.\" width=\"312\" height=\"551\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking up from the 1st floor you can see all the way up to the roof.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Still bricks to point. \u00a0Once the stairs were removed, I can finally get to the bricks they were covering. \u00a0In the photo above you can see the &#8220;shadow&#8221; of the bricks that still need attention. \u00a0This work will need to be done quickly so Iris can get up to her room again.<\/p>\n<p>But once this is all done, the fun really begins. \u00a0800lbs of steel needs to be cut, raised and welded together. \u00a0I&#8217;ve\u00a0got a good plan and the right tools. \u00a0Stay tuned for updates.<\/p>\n<p>No turning back now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the old stairs were already nearing the end of their life when we bought the house, a year of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/?p=613\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home_improvement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=613"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.formstonecastle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}