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

Stringers are the sawtooth-shaped boards running up the sides of the risers and treads that keep the staircase together and ... wooden stairs start squeaking due to fluctuating humidity ...

Reading aside, here’s how to calculate your stair stringer dimensions in five basic steps. ... and then put some wood blocks in place at the top of the stairs to represent the tread and risers.

These are custom-cut stair stringers. A special joist protection tape with butyl adhesive will help resist wood rot at the notches. (Tim Carter) ...

DIY Wood Stair Treads That Would Normally Cost Thousands. ... The stringer is the structure that supports the steps, and the skirtboard is the decorative trim that runs along the wall.

Q: I recently was vacationing in Santa Fe, N.M., and saw the Loretto Chapel staircase. It's a beautiful wooden circular staircase thought to have been built between 1877 and 1881.

News; Features; How to build exterior stairs that last Sat., Sept. 10, 2016 These are custom-cut stair stringers. A special joist protection tape with butyl adhesive will help resist wood rot at ...

The staircase seen immediately upon entering is new, with steel stringers and wood treads. It replaces a closed staircase with an entrance to the basement underneath. “We relocated access to the ...

I never cut notches in my wood stair stringers. I created 1/2-inch-deep mortises in my 2x12s to preserve the strength of the stringers. These mortises take much more time to create, which is why ...

I never cut notches in my wood stair stringers. I created 1/2-inch-deep mortises in my 2x12s to preserve the strength of the stringers. These mortises take much more time to create, which is why ...

I never cut notches in my wood stair stringers. I created 1/2-inch-deep mortises in my 2x12s to preserve the strength of the stringers. These mortises take much more time to create, ...