Repairs: joinery, doors and kitchens

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Old staircases probably generate more repair problems than any other internal feature. In cheaper work the sloping boards running alongside the stairs to support the treads and risers – the strings or stringboards – can be of extremely thin timber. Consequently, the housing joints cut to receive the treads and risers...

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