So i’m moving to FL and my townhouse up here has been rented out. This was the last project I had planned before leaving.
The problem?
I couldn’t open my man-fridge in the garage. I could only get the door 1/4 open before the door would hit the stair/handrail that existed. I love my man-fridge, so i decided to make a set of stairs in the garage. (fridge is staying with the rental)
I was lucky to get a hold of some stair rails that were scrap:
cut them up and welded on a bunch of plate to box them in:
formed a handrail out of 1.5" tubing and welded in place:
painted black and added some polished aluminum diamond plate that i brake formed:
voila! anchored to the floor and in place:
now i can open the fridge and consume beverages without any hinderance.
problem is i’m renting in FL until i know exactly what area i want to live in. So i don’t forsee updating or changing anything there until i buy.
i don’t believe any handrail is required since below 3ft in elevation. It only came with one handrail when i bought the place, i just fabbed it on the other side. So technically, i don’t know…but i just know i made it better.
Disappointing title, but cool reuse of materials.
Kind of difficult to replicate since I doubt anyone else will be able to find scrap stair rails.
Suprised you didn’t powdercoat them or something more creative.
i have a bunch of finishing touches around the house to do still and that the wife has been bugging me to finish up… doing this for $0 on lunch breaks was the sell. I really wanted to get them powdercoated wrinkle silver to match the cabinets…but i just dont have the time before the move.
the wall cabinets determined where the fridge was positioned… When i calculated all the dimensions, the fridge fit perfectly with the cabinets orientated that way…except i didn’t realize the fridge door requires an extra 4" to open.
