Amateur carpenters who have laid out the cuts in a stair stringer (the zig-zag structural support for the steps) know the queasy feeling that bubbles up at the prospect of this job. There’s the simple ...

Building stairs, whether for your deck or the inside of your home, is one of the more complex DIY tasks out there. Since stairs transport users along a vertical distance, they should be sturdy and ...

Building a staircase may seem like an intimidating task at first, but with the right guidance, even a novice carpenter can construct a sturdy and attractive set of stairs. One crucial aspect of stair ...

To lay out a set of stair stringers from scratch requires a little math, but not much. Equally important is some quiet time to run the numbers and at the same time to think about the construction ...

The two twisted helical stair stringers that support the treads are the structural beams that support the stairs and anyone going up and down them. I feel it’s important for you to understand the ...