You probably give little thought to the stairs you go up or down to reach different levels of your home, deck or patio. I’ll wager that if I handed you a measuring tape, a framing square, a pencil and ...

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You may be like most folks. I’m guessing you give very little thought to the stairs you go up and down on a regular basis. They might be constructed from ...

I need to build some simple outdoor steps to replace ones that fell apart and rotted (even though they were made with treated lumber). I’m fairly handy and have a decent grasp of the math but would ...

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 a ...

Expert DIYer April Wilkerson builds a large outdoor staircase with rails and stringers for safe, attractive access.

By Larry Walton When Robert Lipskoch was drawing the plans for his house, his kids wanted a curved slide from the second to ...

Dear James: My old wood deck is deteriorating and the stairs could be hazardous. What is the easiest way to install new ones for an inexperienced DIY-er? — Shantell K. Dear Shantell: You are correct ...

The treads connect to side stringers and sometimes to one that is in the middle of the stairs. The stringers are no different from wood floor joists, steel I-beams or steel-reinforced concrete beams ...