I was about to install the floorboards but some preliminary measurements showed me that I needed to add some thing 5mm battens over the top of the landing to bring the step sizes in to balance.

This took me a couple of hours.

Installing the floorboards took all the rest of the day - this was rather frustrating as I was really hoping to make some progress on fixing off the treads and facing boards.

Wednesday

I headed out to site and worked there for the day.

I took some critical measurements to allow me to process the last run of treads and facings.

I also tested out the battens I had previously mass produced.

This was faster that anything I had tried before but still a very exacting job.

The main problem is in ensuring that all the seams are tight - it is very easy for gaps of a mm or more to creep in while fixing the treads and facings and these are very obvious.