Hi Ash🖐Yes, it's super easy to miss a tread which then bites you on the arse later😲Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del

Hi John🖐yeah, that sounds like proper belt and braces👊Cheers Del

Right on bud. 8 out of 10 stair soaks is carpet fitters using hammer trackers on risers.

That definitely won't be squeaking bud👊Great comment and thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

I'm really glad the inspector approved of you roof bud🤩and sounds like you've got another challenge on your hands with those stairs😵‍💫Cheers Del

Hi there🖐As I've said many times, I still make mistakes or have lapses of concentration, and I need to be honest about these, and show how I deal with them👍Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Always appreciate great comments from fellow tradesmen bud🤗Cheers Del

Hi there🖐I'm glad my videos helped🤩Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del

I try not to make mistakes Gazza🤔but like you say, you can't avoid them and there is always an opportunity to learn from them👍Cheers Del

Thanks Adrian🤗

That's awesome to hear Kevin👊and I'm glad its working for you🤩Cheers

I agree with you bud👍and fitting stairs is one of my favourite parts of being a general carpenter👊Thanks for watching😎Cheers Del

Are we brothers Jim😉I thought it was just me that got exited about new saw horse tops😆Cheers

What a great tip Trig🤩I'm having that👊Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del

Hi Steve🖐Hope you are well bud and thanks for watching🤩

Hi bud🖐You're right in what you say, and this company will leave the newels long to get right down to the oversite concrete, and only didn't in this instance because I wasnt there when the site survey was done🤨Thanks for watching and your comment😎Cheers

Always like reading your comments Michael🤩Cheers

We all have off days Paul🤔and its how we pull it back round that counts👊Cheers Del

Absolutely Russell👊Thanks for your comment bud 😎 Cheers Del

Appreciate you watching and your comments🤗Got a long bastard hip video coming out soon👍Cheers Del

That's great Del will definitely be looking forward to that one, really enjoy your down to earth methods of cutting roofs.👏👏👏

Thanks for watching Neil🤗Cheers

I like your style Tim😉

Will do Brian👍and thanks for watching😎Cheers

I'm glad the videos helped Simmo 😎and good luck with your stair repair🤞Cheers

Hi Jamie🖐I never judge a job that's below standard, especially on big housing sites, as you never know the circumstances of the guys doing the work🤔Invariably, like you say, the job will have had to have been rushed due to a shockingly poor price😬Great to have you watching bud, and thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del

I appreciate your comment🤩Cheers Del

Hi Peter🖐I don't know where all the years have gone bud😵Thanks for your comment😎Cheers Del

Appreciate your comment John🤗Cheers

I hear you Danny👍and I guess I just stick to using the supplied glue blocks as saves me needing to get additional timber, plus I tend to do more solid timber stair cases, (oak, Ash, walnut), which, obviously, can't he screwed through👊Appreciate your comment and thanks for watching😎Cheers Del

My pleasure🤩and thanks for watching😎Cheers Del

Thanks for watching Robert😎Cheers Del

You make, as always, great points in your comments Dave👊and I agree that the splitting of general carpentry into separate disciplines is not goof for the trade as a whole 😵Thanks for watching bud😎Cheers

Thanks for watching Philip🤩Cheers Del

Cheers Pat🤩Thanks for watching 😎

Hi Stevie🖐I got it sweet in the end bud👍Cheers

Sure, they are from a company called David Smith Ltd, in St.Ives, Cambridgeshire👍

Nothing we can't handle Stevie👊Cheers Bud

Cheers MrP🤩

Hi Wayne😎

@@thetallcarpenter Hi, hope all is good 👍

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I know, shocking😆Cheers Del

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I'll let you off Mark😉I've just filmed an in depth video on how to set out and cut a bastard hip, but I don't know how best to edit it🤔There is nearly an hour of raw footage, and even when I edit it down, I suspect it will still be over 45 minutes long🤨

@@thetallcarpenter that will be a great watch, the thing is Del you are good at explaining how to do something so I’m sure it will be a cracking episode.

@denty32 Appreciate you feedback Mark, as its really difficult to know when to chop a project up into parts or keep it in one😵‍💫The bastard hip is a mystery to many people, so despite its length, I think I'm going to make it a single video from start to finish👍Cheers bud

​​@@thetallcarpenterthe majority of your viewers (myself included) are here to watch your fantastic skills whilst learning a thing or 5. You're very very good at explaining the process you are going through as you are working which makes watching your videos so enjoyable. I dare say 99% of the people who watch would be more than happy to sit through an hour's worth of footage because they're interested in learning from a pro and those that can't keep their attention span in check for longer than 5 minutes wouldn't likely be interested in learning how to build a "bastard hip" anyway.

@mlawlan69 I appreciate you taking the time to leave such a nice and encouraging comment, and the video has come out well and is 50 minutes long👍As you say, many of my videos are purely to help others, or simply show a different way of doing something, and if a video helps only one person, then it will have been worth doing🫡Cheers Del

Thanks for watching bud🤩Cheers Del

Hi Adrian🖐They are from a company called David Smith Ltd, in St.Ives, Cambridgeshire👍

Thanks for watching Alistair🤩Cheers

I'll ask them if they make a surprise visit😉Cheers Del

£140 for a set like that is an absolute joke. Specially if its a new build I suppose u have to cut out the joist and boards for it and also install temporary handrails for health and safety. A lot of work goes into these stairs, also glue and fixings. Not to mention if u want it to be nice and straight u have to spend time adjusting it....

£140 a set seems really low, and they wonder why they can't get people into trades and or why quality on new build houses is so poor... Absolutely taking the piss, especially when you consider how much they're flogging the houses at... I'm sure some suit somewhere is laughing all the way to the bank whilst the grafters actually putting it all together can't afford to keep working...

Hi there bud🖐As the other commenters have rightly said, £140 for a set like this is a disgrace😵‍💫I'm often fitting wooden floors in homes built by a well known house builder, and I'm often seeing poorly fitted and finished staircases😬however, I never judge as I am aware of the shocking prices on site, and how guys need to earn decent wage for the day and not a pittance. And they wonder why the trade is struggling to get youngsters interested😒You do what you have to do make some money fella😉Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers

I agree👍Disgraceful price for a skilled man

Again, I agree with everything you say, and it's a shame the guys actually building these new homes haven't seen a fraction of the earning increase that the builders have😠

Too right Mark👊

Hi bud🖐This set took less than a day👍Probably 6.5 hours I reckon, but there is still the landing handrail, floor capping, apron, spindles and newel caps to fit, taking a couple more hours👊Cheers Del

@@thetallcarpenter another question del, do you ever plan your work days outside of work hours?. By planning I mean thinking through the job knowing what techniques and potential problems you may encounter. I try and do this outside of work hours as doing this on site can put me behind schedule if I was to stand there and think. Or do you have periods of time at work spent thinking through the job, and if so how much time max should you spend before it becomes counter productive in terms of too much time out of the day is being allocated to thinking as opposed to doing?. I know this maybe something you’ve never consciously thought of but maybe a rule of thumb for how much time if you do think through on site etc Thanks

@chippy977 Great question, and the answer will have changed throughout my career as I've become more experienced. Simpler tasks tend to just unfold in front of me as I go, and therefore need very little preparatory thought, but more complex jobs like multi floor stairs and big technical roofs I nay need to take a little more time thinking about them, and ironically, I tend to do this during quiet times after work at home, and even when I'm in bed before I go to sleep🤔

@@thetallcarpenter thanks del!, would you say on average was it more than an hour after work each day/less more?

@@chippy977 Probably about an hour bud

Hi there🖐All pretty standard construction bud👊Cheers Del

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Hi there🖐As I think I mentioned in the video, I'm lucky that this stair manufacture builds great staircases👊Thanks for watching and your comment 😎 Cheers Del

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I'm glad you stuck with me Alistair🤗as its always slightly depressing when my subscriber count goes down instead of up😢Cheers

Cheers John🤩I got there in the end👊

Hi TDP🖐This was done in one day, finished about 3pm👍Cheers

@@thetallcarpenter Thanks Del👍👍