Familiarize yourself with the components of a set of steps.
Installing porch steps.
Typical deck stairs consist of wooden treads attached to stringers.
Cut four steps into each stringer.
Stringers are usually 2 x 12 inch 5 1 x 30 5 cm treated wood boards to which the tread and riser are attached.
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How to install a precut deck stair stringer.
Treated pine wood structure and tread boards with total 45 of rise in 6 steps with riser plates concrete footing and redwood handrail.
The rise is the height of porch or the steps that you will need.
The stairs may be installed between two levels of a deck or from one edge of a deck.
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In the following table the labor cost figure is what the able diy person should expect to save by performing the complete installation.
Exterior stairway porch access.
Step 1 record key measurements.
Attach the 2x6 with 3 inch decking screws.
Space the six stringers 16 inches on center then fasten a 2x6 across the tops of the stringers.
You may want to check the height of steps or stairs that are already familiar to you such as interior stairs or porch steps to get a sense for a comfortable height.
Screw a pressure treated 2x6 to the existing porch frame to provide extra support for mounting the staircase.
A run is the total length of the steps from the edge of the porch to where the steps end.