my new stairs!

[piranha]

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stairs going up, engine behind. treads protected by pads.	stairs folded back, for better access to engine room and hanging locker.

i am standing in the fo'c's'le [ˈfoʊksəl], the cabin in the very front of the boat, which will be my space. i am looking towards the back of the boat. my loo will be in front of the red can (sorry, my MSD -- marine sanitation device). these stairs come out next to the pilot station, and there will be a door up there and a tambour closure so i can close the entire space off to cats, or to give privacy to a guest.

(don't pay attention to the style of this journal; i am experimenting with using LJ styles on DW.)

Comments

[flarenut]

Coolness! Do the stringers also hinge up?

[deane]

The stringers are the only part that hinges up. If you look carefully you can see the metal hinges where the stringers meet the landing. The treads are fixed.

[flarenut]

Aha. Silly me. I was looking at the pictures entirely wrong and imagining some kind of intensely complex pivoting mechanism for the treads.