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There was 1/2 an inch of water in the old junction box, so it was replaced with an IP55 rated one, with seals round all the entrance points, and the wiring entering and exiting at the bottom rather than the top and sides.
The old wiring with no earth was replaced with an earthed circuit, and the lighting has had a DPDT switch added to remove it entirely in the event of a fault.
There's also RCDs on both the lighting and plug circuits.
The LED lighting in the stairs uses transformers which are connected to plugs in the ceiling of the garage which are on the lighting circuit, so the whole lot switches on from a single light switch.
I also added conduit for the new wiring (the old wiring just ran alongside the deck with no protection).
One of the new lights showing the slate, pebbled area and steps in more detail:
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We want to build a simple decking in our garden but it feels like a major project. You're putting us to shame.
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I'm using oil as I've previously found with stains/paints that if you need to re-coat them in a couple of years you generally need to strip all the old paint off which is a huge pain.
The panels were bought like that, my woodworking skills (and patience) don't extend that far!
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(also managed to squeeze LED lights into the top step, they fit and no more!)
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Next up: second coat of oil for the deck and first coat for the handrails, as well as the big staircases (the steel fabricator has been busy!)
I'd love to work on our garden but my back and pelvis are a bit buggered so I have no option but to pay someone to do it.
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Used M10 anchor bolts to hold them in place. There's a very slight outward bow to the steel stringers, but basically what I did was bolted the top and bottom in place, then used a ratchet strap in the middle to pull them in to the right place when fixing the treads.
The bottom set is fixed to 70kg of concrete base which I put in the day before.
The work in progress:
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(as you can see I've also got a second coat of oil on the decking and got most of the handrails oiled too)
This involves a fair bit of accurate measurement/precision, but is OK as long as you double check before you cut.
First you fix the posts to the bottom of the stairs.
Next you use an angle finder on the steel treads, and measure the distance between equivalent points on the top and bottom posts.
You set the chop saw to the angle you need, and cut the handrail profile wood to the right length.
With that piece you decide what height you want the rails, then measure the length of spindle you're going to use, cut all the spindles to length and measure out even spacing for where you want to fix them (I've gone with a spindle per step to keep things even looking).
You fix the spindles to the bottom rail and fix that in place.
Lastly you remeasure the length for the top rail and cut that to length and fix it in place. Once you've done that you use strips of wood to hold the spindles in place at the tops.
After an evening at it, I had this result:
https://i.imgur.com/6hTDPwx.jpg
The following day I did the remaining handrail on the top section of decking, and made the handrails for the top steps using exactly the same process:
https://i.imgur.com/R4RlX4c.jpg
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That is all the woodwork done basically (thank goodness for that!)
You realise that you've got more change in ground height in your back garden than we've got in the whole of Norfolk?