Quality of Solid Oak Stairs

[Gaf]

I can be picky so am curious if my pickiness is OTT on new solid oak stairs. Couple of things that I was going to raise:

 

1. String on the left is ~2cm thicker than the string on the right.

2. Where the treads meet the risers, there are gaps along the strings. Dust collectors?

3. The joint along the left string, where two strings join looks a little sloppy to me.

4. Similar sense of some joints looking a little sloppy, like the joint between the thin pieces 'covering' the top of the string (IMG_1205)

 

I've no sense of whether the work underneath the stairs is good or not - will post those in next post as file size too large. This stairs crew came recommended by our builder. 

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[Mr Punter]

The strings are the same with but the stair is packed off the left wall and has had capping to cover the gap.  No concerns about what it looks like underneath.  Looks a bit rough.  I can see why you are not thrilled.  That will take lots of work to finish.

[Kelvin]

Very rough compared to ours. We built a frame underneath our stairs to support them more than just screwed to the wall and a bit of wood in the middle. I also stuck acoustic foam on the underside of the treads and risers as our stairs go over the top of the guest room built in wardrobe so you could hear folk walking downstairs. It’s not silent now but much quieter than it was. 

[Gaf]

8 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

The strings are the same with but the stair is packed off the left wall and has had capping to cover the gap.  No concerns about what it looks like underneath.  Looks a bit rough.  I can see why you are not thrilled.  That will take lots of work to finish.

 

Would you say the packing to one side a bit of a lazy approach to the install instead of just getting it centred? 

 

Reckon that split in the string can even be improved? Appears some sort of filler was used on some parts and sanded down. 

 

8 hours ago, Kelvin said:

Very rough compared to ours. We built a frame underneath our stairs to support them more than just screwed to the wall and a bit of wood in the middle. I also stuck acoustic foam on the underside of the treads and risers as our stairs go over the top of the guest room built in wardrobe so you could hear folk walking downstairs. It’s not silent now but much quieter than it was. 

 Ours luckily is only above the utility room. But I had assumed that piece of wood in the middle was a temporary support, must check that with installer.

[Gaf]

Meant to mention as well, just only checked again, and the shade variation between the bottom half and top half that I thought was caused by lighting is actually due to different shades of wood being used. It looks to us like two very different types of wood were used and now that I see it, I can’t unsee it!