Nail 2×4 supports to both sides of the middle stair stringer flush with the bottom for extra support. Attach the Skirt Boards to the Rim Joist. When attaching stair stringers, ...

The prefabricated stringers I worked with recently at my son’s house are made from steel. They are not notched. The manufacturer, Fast-Stairs, welds steel angle irons onto the stringers that ...

"You can absolutely cut a stair stringer if only you only knew the way the math works," my dad once said to me. So, long before I ever had a geometry class, I knew the math behind determining a slope.

The idea of building stairs, even if it is just a few steps up to a deck or porch, is enough to instill fear in most do-it-yourselfers. There are just so many things that can go wrong. The hard thi… ...

Building a set of stairs is a tricky endeavor. Using a pair of brass stair gauges and a builder’s square to mark the stringer (the zigzag boards the steps and risers attach to) can make the job ...