{"id":7549,"date":"2019-03-06T07:39:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=7549"},"modified":"2019-03-06T07:41:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T12:41:26","slug":"more-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/06\/more-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"More steps!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7552\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429a_HDR.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7552\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429a_HDR-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"Completed shed steps\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429a_HDR-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429a_HDR-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429a_HDR-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429a_HDR-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429a_HDR-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Completed shed steps<\/p><\/div>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_7550\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0301191635a_HDR.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7550\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0301191635a_HDR-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Construction getting started\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0301191635a_HDR-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0301191635a_HDR-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0301191635a_HDR-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0301191635a_HDR-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0301191635a_HDR-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction getting started<\/p><\/div>Yes, the shed now has steps.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t a huge project, but it was done in sweltering heat so I invested a lot of &#8220;sweat equity.&#8221;\u00a0 I am pretty happy with how they turned out because (1) I didn&#8217;t screw up any cuts and waste some material and (2) they are <strong>solid<\/strong>.\u00a0 Stepping on them feels like stepping on concrete.<\/p>\n<p>I did make a couple of minor mistakes.\u00a0 For no good reason, I decided to use screws to attach the cosmetic strip at the top and, no surprise, the screws split the thin strip of wood.\u00a0 I will eventually replace the strip and this time use finishing nails, as any halfway competent carpenter would do.\u00a0 I also painted the stringers brown initially and didn&#8217;t like the result, so I redid them in white.\u00a0 But no screwups on the things that mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Got &#8217;em done just in time, too &#8211; the electrician is arriving today.<\/p>\n<p>I now have an entrance &#8220;alley&#8221; that I think looks pretty attractive.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7551\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429_HDR.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7551\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429_HDR-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Our entrance &quot;alley&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429_HDR-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429_HDR-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429_HDR-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429_HDR-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/0304191429_HDR-400x560.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our entrance &#8220;alley&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, the shed now has steps.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t a huge project, but it was done in sweltering heat so I invested a lot of &#8220;sweat equity.&#8221;\u00a0 I am pretty happy with how they turned out because (1) I didn&#8217;t screw up any cuts and waste some material and (2) they are solid.\u00a0 Stepping on them &hellip; 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