When building stairs or steps for a deck.
Building wooden deck stairs.
To build deck stairs you ll need a framing square drill deck screws a circular saw and wooden boards.
Building deck stairs are often the most challenging part of a diy deck project.
These 17 articles will also cover how to build stair landings and ada ramps.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to build deck stairs.
Sure building deck stairs can be tricky.
They rest on a solid foundation and are attached to the deck with hangers.
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.
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.
Wood decking and railings.
2 use 4 foot level and tape measure to find the total rise of the staircase.
This deck already has wood decking and deck railings installed.
And you won t need any hard math to figure it out though your calculations must be accurate.
Learn the details in how to build a deck.
1 determine the width of each stair tread.
Before you buy your materials you ll need to measure the height of your deck then divide this by the height you want each stair riser to be.
Make sure all of the step risers are the same height and all the step treads the same width to avoid a tripping hazard.