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Architectural Detail: Butcher Block Stairs by Casper Mork-Ulnes

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Architectural Detail: Butcher Block Stairs by Casper Mork-Ulnes

April 2, 2010

A while back, I toured the San Francisco home of Casper Mork-Ulnes (see Architect Visit: Mork-Ulnes in San Francisco) and was intrigued by the stairs made of close to twenty stringers sandwiched together. Stair stringers are typically hidden from view; customarily, three stingers are used as supports for the stair treads and risers. "The board are Douglas fir and were salvaged from the attic," Mork-Ulnes says. "We stripped the paint from the boards and planed them down so we could glue each board together. It is essentially a butcher block stair."

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Above: A side view of stair stringers.

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