I just got a call from my SS. He wanted to discuss my stairs with me. I chose to have white painted risers and stained Teak treads.
He called to say he wanted to give me his advice - he was very nice and said he is happy to do it either way, but in his opinion the white risers were not a good idea. He said with kids etc they will get very dirty and the maintenance will be VERY high - he thinks staining them all in teak will look better too.
I didn't really think about the cleaning factor I just knew I really liked the look. The thought of having to clean them daily makes me a bit depressed though and I KNOW my kids will dirty them So what did I do....I agreed with him and gave up on my beloved white risers...now I don't know if I have done the right thing.
He did say that I can always paint them after if I am not happy or when the kids are older, but it would be much harder to stain them if I paint them first.....I also got a credit back as they charged me for the extra hassle of painting.
Oh and another thing, remember the Dune capping on top of the render, well they had teh same size one on the porch but I went past today and they have made it twice teh size so half of the porch roof has Dune capping and the rest will be painted in Jasper - it is going to look AWFUL!!
I told SS and he agreed and said it would be better to do it all in the one colour and he will fix it. I just realised he meant do it all in Dune, so I will have a DUNE porch roof and it is supposed to be Jasper - and I can't get onto him on the phone!!
I told him that I didn't get a choice of the capping colour and he said it is considered a roof product so they do it the same as your roof colour, so mine was always going to be Dune. The problem now is I want it in Jasper but they might not do it because according to the contract it should be Dune even though it was never pointed out to me.
I'll take a photo tonight to explain better, just wanted to tell someone as DH is away and I am going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!