Should I build risers and treads out of hard wood floor pieces. I've purchased some hard wood flooring to go throughout my entire house. The pieces for the stairs are extremely expensive and are just too much for my budget. It was suggested to me by the sales guy that I could just build my own out of hardwood floor pieces. He has nose pieces (3 wide by 8' long) that I can attach to 2 or 3 pieces of hardwood floor that I can use to just build my own tread, and then build my own risers out of a few pieces as well. This will be significantly cheaper. This is a sales guy though, so, I can throw him further than I can trust him.
U.S. Nuclear Arms' Cost Put at $5.48 Trillion. WASHINGTON, June 30â Nuclear weapons have cost the United States at least $5.48 trillion since 1940, and for most of that time neither Congress, the armed services nor the President had a clear idea what was being spent, according to a four-year study sponsored by the Brookings Institution.
The United States hasnât built a new nuclear warhead or bomb since the 1990s, but it has refurbished several types in recent years to extend their lifetime. The DOE is currently refurbishing as many as 2,000 submarine-based W76 warheads at a cost of roughly $2 million each. Next up for life extension is the B61 bomb.