Building Wooden Deck Stairs

Sure building deck stairs can be tricky.
Building wooden deck stairs. Building deck stairs are often the most challenging part of a diy deck project. Learn the details in how to build a deck. And you won t need any hard math to figure it out though your calculations must be accurate. 3 divide total rise by number of steps to find height of each riser.
Make sure all of the step risers are the same height and all the step treads the same width to avoid a tripping hazard. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to build deck stairs. 2 use 4 foot level and tape measure to find the total rise of the staircase. Wood decking and railings.
The rise of each step is determined by the height of the landing from the ground with each step height from 7 to 8 high. We will teach you how to cut stair stringers to meet code for rise and run step limits. This deck already has wood decking and deck railings installed. Deck stairs are typically made from 2 x 12 stringers spaced about 12 to 16 inches apart.
1 determine the width of each stair tread. But in this story we ll make it easy by showing you how to estimate step dimensions layout and cut stair stringers and assemble the stair parts. When building stairs or steps for a deck. They rest on a solid foundation and are attached to the deck with hangers.