Lakeside Staircase: Lighting

I’m overdue with updates on Rosslyn’s lakeside staircase. Progress has been ongoing, but I’ve failed to keep abreast. I plan to clean out the backlog soon with posts on substructure, framing, risers, treads, and posts. So I apologize in advance that those will be out of sequence, but rather than getting further behind, I will share a quick update tonight on the lighting.

I offer you another progress report on repairs to Rosslyn’s lakeside staircase. Several years into this slooow rolling maintenance project, we’ve successfully implemented… [another phase!] (Source: Lakeside Staircase: Demo)

I wrote that back on February 15, five days after my February 10 post, “Lakeside Staircase: Recon”. In other words, this project continues to stre-e-etch longer than hoped. And yet… I still haven’t kept up with my progress reports!

That said, I did squeeze in a micro update into my dispatch last Friday. 

Much of the progress on Rosslyn’s waterfront staircase this week is credit to Peter and Supi. Framing and risers are complete, posts are being installed, treads are in the works, and the painstakingly restored post sleeves and railings are ready for installation. (Source: A Few Friday Updates)

As I said above, I promise to fill in the gaps that I brushed over so briefly in that recap. I didn’t even mention the substructure. And that actually is an important improvement. But, soon… 

Today let’s focus on Brandon’s work. If you look closely at the risers in that photograph above, you’ll note that each tread will be illuminated with a pair of riser lights. And if your eyes are really, really good, you’ll see that he is almost finished. Only the last few steps to go.

For those of you familiar with the staircase, this is exactly the same way that we illuminated the steps the last time. Same “eyelidded” (to restrict illumination to the treads) LED lighting. After 15-16 years the existing lights were beginning to flicker and fail. Let’s hope the new ones last even longer.

Brandon replaced all of the old wiring and ran all new conduit to protect the system from moisture, critters, and generally ensure longevity. In short, same system, same safe and practical lighting, and same design, but even more bulletproof!

Thank you, Brandon.