In this photo slideshow fine homebuilding author john spier takes you through the steps of framing a staircase.
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For greatest comfort design the stairs with a 6 to 7 rise height and a 10 to 16 run depth.
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Use the narrow part of the square for clamping the riser gauge and the wider part for the 10 1 4 in.
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Clamp the stair gauges to the carpenter s square.
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Cut this amount from the bottom of the stringers so that all of the stairs end up the same height.
The length of the opening must be accommodated to tread run and stair rise which in turn are governed by total rise.
Details for conventional wood frame construction.
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For a basic project in zip code 47474 with 25 linear feet the cost to install a stairway starts at 183 291 per linear foot.
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Once the stringers are cut out measure the thickness of the stair treads.
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Lay out the stairs by drawing on the outside of the square sliding the square along until it meets the last mark to learn how to build steps.
The rough framed opening for a stairwell should be 1 inch wider than the desired finished stairway width.
Other openings such as those for clothes chutes and flue hole should also be located to avoid interrupting framing members.
Regardless of the method you choose every set of stairs requires the same basic approach to get from one floor to another safely comfortably and legally.
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This will create a stair stringer calculator.