Step Up and Rise

Tahoe Fence was asked if we would be able to build a set of stairs from engineered specs to go with a mezzanine railing we worked on. However, there was a catch. The customer wanted to use repurposed materials.

Although this build was outside our comfort zone, it wouldn’t be the 1st set of stairs our shop has built. There was a spiral staircase we did some time ago with ammo can lids as steps, and fence cable as railing for a customer’s tree house.

Tahoe was up to the challenge.

With measurements only, Tahoe’s shop welders recreated this mezzanine staircase with a platform and safety railings. The steps are made of square steel from material shipping racks with cut-offs of expanded metal decking from security gates. The steps are attached to pipe trusses previously used as roof supports. And the safety railing is from scrap, top rail for chain link fencing. After being cleaned up, everything was finished with zinc-rich, galvanized paint.

It not only looks good for our customer, but it fits as well!

With only some minor alteration to the mezzanine railing, the stairs are ready to be anchored in Mound House (Lyon County.)

Sometimes you have to step up out of your comfort zone and rise to the challenge.