I feel it’s important for you to understand the structure of a set of stairs before you get out your saw and framing square.

My old wood deck is deteriorating and the stairs could be hazardous. What is the easiest way to install new ones for an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Simple stairs have just two components. The flat board that your foot steps on is called a tread. The treads connect to side ...