My Great Maine Adventure Chapter Eight “Really X 2”
Side stairs leading to/from the lake 
Side stairs leading to/from the driveway
We have to be proactive in taking care of our homes. As we saw in chapter six, this did not happen; we had to rebuild the rear staircase and landing. The FORMULA = (no power washing + no treatment of the cedar materials = another project for Brian and Pamela! )
Step by step, I took the two stair cases and landing apart. On this side of the house I was lucky, the footing supports were in good condition. All I had to do was rebuild.
Step removal 
The entire stringer fell apart 
Checking the supporting structure 
One side gone! 
The other side gone!
Balusters
We were able to reuse the existing balusters, we just had to be careful taking them apart.
The Steps To Reconstruction
First, we had to rebuild the landing, as this would establish the right height for the the new pre-made stringers. NOTICE that the 4″X 4″ supports are attached to the structure with galvanized carriage bolts!
Second, install and attach the new stringers. I used galvanized lag bolts to attach the stringers to the landing structure.
Stringers installed, side leading to and from the driveway 
Stringers installed, side leading to and from the lake 
Landing decking installed
Making Progress
Project Completed
The Adventure Continues Chapter 9 “Face Lift”
