Cougar HC Stair Remodel Project

[Poppy's 5th Wheel]

In case anyone's interested:

http://www.keystonerv.org/forums/sho...576#post139576

Also, if anyone with a 299RKS can get me a picture of the original stair configuration I would really appreciate a copy. I forgot to take one before I started tearing it apart!

[Yosemitebob]

Nice job, that's a keeper for sure.

[SkiSmuggs]

Originally Posted by Poppy's 5th Wheel

Also, if anyone with a 299RKS can get me a picture of the original stair configuration I would really appreciate a copy. I forgot to take one before I started tearing it apart!

I can do that, but not while it is raining. It would have to be tomorrow evening if it can wait.

[Poppy's 5th Wheel]

Originally Posted by SkiSmuggs

I can do that, but not while it is raining. It would have to be tomorrow evening if it can wait.

Thanks so much! I will be very grateful.

[SkiSmuggs]

Here you are!

[Poppy's 5th Wheel]

Thanks so much. They complete my album. It's great to see the before and after pictures. I think I'm going to add a hand rail on the bathroom side at some point.

[Kdjshep]

That looks great. My dachshund needs smaller steps like that.

[JRTJH]

After spending a month in Galveston this past winter, modifying the steps was a necessary evil. I went about it a little differently but do like the open area under the first step. It would be a great alternative to slipping shoes under the entertainment center. Good Job Poppy !!!

[Poppy's 5th Wheel]

Originally Posted by JRTJH

After spending a month in Galveston this past winter, modifying the steps was a necessary evil. I went about it a little differently but do like the open area under the first step. It would be a great alternative to slipping shoes under the entertainment center. Good Job Poppy !!!

Lookin' good! I don't know why they weren't built with the additional step originally. It would have been so easy to just move the top landing in a few inches to give the extra room for but, oh well, this works.

[JRTJH]

Many of the 2015 models do have 2 or even 3 steps. I'm not sure how Keystone "got away with it" like they did, but RVIA doesn't say much about it, however the "national building code" has a 9" maximum rise for steps. Ours were upwards of 11".

I agree, it would be so much better, both in function and in looks to simply have moved the upper deck cutout forward 2 or 3 inches and installed 3 steps when building these things.

Both my DW and I really find it much easier to get up and down now. We both were having knee/hip problems in Galveston just from climbing those steps. I wouldn't think it made that much difference, but it does.

Ain't "getting old" a "pain" <sigh>