{"id":46608,"date":"2022-04-28T04:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T11:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/?p=46608"},"modified":"2022-04-29T19:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T02:51:41","slug":"grandfather-says-grandfathers-house-and-custom-built-stairs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id46608-grandfather-says-grandfathers-house-and-custom-built-stairs-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Grandfather Says: Grandfather&#8217;s House and Custom Built Stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the first article in this series, Grandfather talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id43684-grandfather-says-the-benefits-of-diy-housing-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">building your own house<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s his during the build:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-house-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46614\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-house-1-443x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"1223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-house-1.jpg 443w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-house-1-130x300.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s where Grandfather lived while his house was being built:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-house-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46613\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-house-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-house-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-house-4-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-house-4-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When he was younger he and his friends (most now departed) had fun together, visiting each other&#8217;s houses en mass on Saturday nights.<\/p>\n<p>The stairway down from the front hall to four bedrooms, a sitting room and a bathroom downstairs was the last project Grandfather built in his house. He and his friends could get going pretty good at times, so he built a thirteen-step circular stairway strong enough to hold two revelers per step:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_46609\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46609\" class=\"wp-image-46609\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-1-730x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-1-730x1024.jpg 730w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-1-768x1077.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-1.jpg 1087w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grandfather welds the tangs supporting the stair treads on the center post<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46610\" style=\"width: 539px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46610\" class=\"wp-image-46610\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-2-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-2-1024x704.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-2-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-2-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-2-348x240.jpg 348w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-2.jpg 1685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wood parts and construction props cut out beforehand.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46611\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46611\" class=\"wp-image-46611\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-3-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-3-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-3-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-3-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-3.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pipe uprights depending from the laminated railing support the tread&#8217;s outsides.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_46612\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46612\" class=\" wp-image-46612\" src=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-4-1024x690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-4-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-4-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-4-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/grandfather-stairs-4.jpg 1975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Done!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Actually, Grandfather doesn&#8217;t know why he builds things so strong. Grandfather went to Michigan State College (now University) on the GI bill. Great-Great Grandfather was general manager of the Chevrolet gray iron foundry in Saginaw, Michigan and he was pleased that Grandfather went to Michigan State, rather than the University of Michigan. Grandfather said Michigan State&#8217;s engineers were more practical. Great-Great Grandfather said he hired a U of M graduate to design a conveyor and it was too fragile and collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>So, maybe that&#8217;s why Grandfather overbuilds &#8212; it&#8217;s because he didn&#8217;t go to the University of Michigan &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>About the Author: RD Blakeslee is a nonagenarian in West Virginia who built his net worth by only investing in that which can be enjoyed during acquisition and throughout life, as opposed to papers in a drawer, like stocks and bonds. You can read more about him <a href=\"https:\/\/lenpenzo.com\/blog\/id22017-how-i-live-on-less-than-40000-annually-ralph-from-west-virginia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. This article was originally published on 22 February 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: smaller;\">Photos: Courtesy of the Blakeslee Family<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first article in this series, Grandfather talked about building your own house. Here&#8217;s his during the build: And here&#8217;s where Grandfather lived while his house was being built: When he was younger he and his friends (most now departed) had fun together, visiting each other&#8217;s houses en mass on Saturday nights. 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