Making Steps For Decking

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Making steps for decking. For pricing and availability. By video journalist waldo cabrera ask john the builder s john cox demonstrates how to add custom stairs to your deck. Building deck stairs are often the most challenging part of a diy deck project. And you won t need any hard math to figure it out though your calculations must be accurate.
For pricing and availability. 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. This deck will have treads made of 5 4 inch x 6 inch decking planks two for each step making the run for each step the distance front to back about 11 inches. If the bottom or top step is noticeably different in height or length from the other stairs it will be a tripping hazard.
It also has 2 inch x 6 inch risers or toe kicks on the back for a clean look. Raised and multi level decks are the perfect opportunity to accentuate your home s best qualities and align your deck with the overall landscaping theme. If you use the deck itself as the top riser as with this deck subtract one step. Sure building deck stairs can be tricky.
Your deck is no doubt about to receive a great deal of foot traffic with warmer seasons descending making this the perfect time to make sure your deck steps are as safe as they are appealing. 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. Severe weather 4. This is also called the total rise.
A deck s stairway should be carefully planned so that all the stair rises the vertical height of the steps and all the tread depths the horizontal length of the step runs are equal. If you don t plan to make the top step level with the area where the stairs begin be sure to account for this gap in your measurement. How to build deck stairs steps. We will teach you how to cut stair stringers to meet code for rise and run step limits.
These diy steps will work for replacing an old set of stairs. To build deck stairs you ll need a framing square drill deck screws a circular saw and wooden boards. For example if you are building stairs to go up to a deck and you measure 3 feet 0 91 m from the ground to the top of the deck then this is the total rise.