If you’ve always dreamed of having a staircase in your home, you’re definitely not alone. There’s something undeniably ...

(Basement stairs should be not less than 6 feet 4 inches.) * Open-riser stairs — often used in basement steps — need treads about 2 inches wider, to add extra foot support. * If you are ...

To understand stairs, let’s talk about floors. Like many Americans, you might live in a home with a wood-floor system.

On that note, consider making floating stairs the primary route to your loft. Also known as open-riser stairs, these steps are characterized by the absence of risers, creating gaps between each ...

(The risers are the vertical cuts in the stair stringer, and the treads are the horizontal cuts.) Draw the tread and riser cuts lightly in pencil. If your layout turns out wrong, you can either ...

Open risers that do not have a back and are built into a steep stair, can “catch” your toe as you climb or, if they “lap” each other vertically can create a very small tread to step on as ...