I'm a "do it yourselfer" and have watched several videos on how to do the stair stringers. I was still confused until I watched this video. This video was so much easier to understand and now we have 2 sets of stairs built without a problem. Thank you.

He is a super teacher. Simple and detailed to understand under 10 minutes. Bless you, man.

I've watched several videos on how to build stairs. This is, by far, the easiest to understand. Thanks so much for taking the time to explain this in layman's terms!

I like this guy, hes like your favorite Uncle that comes over to help you out around the house and teaches you stuff. Good video.

Loved your work. I'm an Australian carpenter living in Japan and have been out of the trade for ten years. Looking to get back into it soon so need to brush up on my skills. Thanks to guys like you I can gain confidence by your ideas and knowledge .

I've seen several videos on how to build stairs and never had the guts to put them to use, but I used your lesson and today I built two sets of stairs for my deck and will do the final set tomorrow. it was very easy and not scary at all. Thanks

Oh boy!! Finally an explanation that makes it all make sense to me. I kept buying prefab stringers that I had to retrofit and always had a slither of a step either top or bottom. Thanks

Thanks Dominick, I've done a lot of DIY over the years, but never any stairs, so I appreciate the time and effort you put in to making this video. Nice to be able to avoid some costly mistakes, but more important is saving my family from breaking their necks.

Dominick, I watched many stair videos before deciding to tackle building my deck stairs. Your camera jumped around a little but it was the best I've come across. You didn't get too technical and explained how to build the stairs in simple straight forward fashion. Managed to build my steps perfectly. Thanks for the information. Keep up the great work. Moe A.

@tonybechelli5153

5 жыл бұрын

Great job dom

Dominick, last night i watched this video, today i built my first set of steps. It turned out perfect and was quite easy due to your video. I thank you very much and stay cool man.

I've watched this video every time I build stairs (three in total). In my opinion, stair building is the more difficult part of deck/landing building. I've read SEVERAL articles on how to do it. All I have to do is watch this when I have to do stairs again, and I quickly realize that all those articles were a waste of time!!!! Thank you very much. You made something difficult easy, and with humor. P. S. Thanks for clarifying not to throw the ruined pieces at a loved one!

@Askmediy

10 жыл бұрын

You know when I made this video my now X wife was inside. I should've smack her with them. But that's a long story.lol Glad I could help out.

Great video I have tried to get my head around stringers and your video just made it so easy and simple to do. I measured and cut the first one today and it was perfect,now I have my template for the rest. Thanks alot.

i am impressed of your ability to actually instruct properly.. i been watching many stair videos and they dont know how to tell folks how to do it properly, so good going

@Askmediy

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. It's because I built so many on them and teaching one of my guys on the job site and be exciting lol..

Great lesson. Excellent craftsmanship and a very effective teacher. Thanks Dominick.

thanks for the in depth instruction...very few videos take the time to explain how you arrived at the numbers!! thank you and beautiful job

Oh my gosh, I had a guy do a set of my steps for me, now I can contact him to do the other set of steps. Sooooo, I prayed about and watched your video and I cut my first set of strings, actually I cut 3 cause my steps are 4 ft wide. An I got to say so myself, I did a darn good job, thanks to pray and your video. Thanks so much.

I realize this is an older post/thread but just had to say...... thank you for making this process clear enough even for ME to understand. Thanks again and keep up the great work!!

@Askmediy

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Dom you really did a great job with this video. You made it really easy to understand and covered parts that I couldn't find on other videos. You did a better job than Tom Silva on Ask This Old House. I don't think he covered the top or bottom cuts and didn't explain it as well. You also showed using blocks for outside stringers which saves me buying those expensive metal brackets. Thanks again Dom. Great job!!

Finally I've had a chance to watch your video with perfect audio sound. This is excellent explanation and tutorial as well. Keep doing good job body . Thank you once again. This is my project for tomorrow.

@Askmediy

8 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you very much.

Thanks for the effort here. You made the process simple, and easy to understand. Saving me much time and effort.. Owe you a cold drink for this one...

Dominick great video! i am a rookie @ DIY. and your video was a great help!! i built my wife and I a 3 tier deck and the stairs look great!!! thanks!!

As so many of the commenters mentioned, good job in keeping it simple. NOW, why didn't anyone talk about that garage in the background? It's so full that I thought it was my garage! HAHA

Great explanation.You have the right way of teaching.thanks very much

Fantastic. My head was melted on how to do this for my sons treehouse. thanks

LOL we built a deck ourselves that actually looks and works better than a contractor would of made all from watching youtube. For our deck stairs we used your tutorial and we thank you for this video!!! Excellent!

Best Fukn Stringer Cutting Video On The Entire Internet Fukn Fantastic!💯💯 SUBSCRIBED!!!!

@Askmediy

4 жыл бұрын

First off sorry for the delay, for some reason I'm not getting emails for comments. Thanks buddy

Very good demo and real professional, thanks

I watch a lot of youtube videos over 10 mins. A few of them are 2hrs worth or more. I think it comes down to your settings. Keep up the good work.

@Askmediy

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

Wow! Once again you make it look very easy and explain everything very well. Awesome video! I can't wait until the next one.

Man the finished product looks wonderful.

Awesome. Only video I needed to make my stairs. Thanks a million!

love it! im a jersey contractor and gotta say. .... music is the best! keep that goin

Quick and to the point, great video.

Great video, nice and easy to follow. Much appreciated.

Outstanding...KEEP UP THE VIDEOS...really enjoy them.

Great job. Clear, logical and no fuss. I would like to use this with my students at school and any other ones you make if that is OK with you.

@Askmediy

10 жыл бұрын

Yes of course feel free.

This was the best video I watched explaining the measurement about steps thank you every much!:)

@Askmediy

9 жыл бұрын

Oscar Garcia Thank you so much.

Great video on stairs so helpful to me .

great video - helped me massively when building a set of stairs for my deck. Best explanation I've seen. Good banter too. Well done, and thanks for posting.

Awesome video! You are a wonderful teacher.

Really good video Dominic.

@Askmediy

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Awesome video! You are wonderful at explaining everything as you go.

@Askmediy

8 жыл бұрын

+Stuart Hughes Thank you very much. You made my day.

Great video Dominic. Thanks for your efforts and sharing your knowledge.

@Askmediy

7 жыл бұрын

Always my pleasure.

Thanks bro for teaching us excellent job

beautiful work

great video. very helpful and to the point.

Bout time you put up a new video Nicky!! Love em. Thanks!:)

From 30 years of building experience, I have found that 6--61/2 in. makes a much easier stair to climb.This of course depends on height and age. Good video, well explained. best wishes, Bill

Good teaching bro thanks a lot

I have been noticing what an awesome instructor you are, but during this video I got really distracted thanks to your beautiful German Shepherd.

@Askmediy

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Yes that was Joey. I had him since he was 8 weeks old but had to put him down last year at age 16. He was awesome.

@mikel917

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear about your dog. I enjoy your tutorials though. You helped me with some wiring also last year.

@Hawaii4Jesus Thank you so much. always nice to hear that.

Muchas gracias mifren.saludos de Durango México.dios te bendiga

@Askmediy

4 жыл бұрын

Siempre un placer

@56GOLDIE Yes, you should cut the 1 1/2" off of the bottom of the stringer. Then when you drop it at the top for the tread thickness the steps will still be level. No one ever shows this step and it is critical to not having a 9" riser at the bottom.

great instruction!

Sir, Thank you very much for your video. Merry christmas!!

Dom u help explain a part I find confusing, the end of the stringer and the bigining. I am the guy contacted you earlier who got rid of knob and tube type electrical. I passed the inspection. This while caring for my frail Italian mother. You are good at making the complicated clear.

thanks for this video sir, you made it very simple, best video i have seen so far from now. normally we order stairs at work and we have pretty consistently used metal stringers on decks, but i feel confident now that we can move out of purchasing our stairs and i can start manufacturing our stair needs in our bosses shop from now on. i cant wait to see the rest of your videos. why is it all the other videos make it sound so complicated ? when it really was that easy?!?! PS i would like to see a video of you doing routered grooves to slip the tred into, but i can figure that out on my own.

@Askmediy

8 жыл бұрын

Why? one never knows lol.. Thank you.

exellent ! very through and uncomplicated bravo!

Easy and very easy. Thank you.

@Askmediy

10 жыл бұрын

Glad I would help out. Thank you.

Show us how you take the thickness of the tread off of the bottom riser

that's great and everything but what's that angle. you have those bugs you call them already in place.

Very well explained, Thank you!

This video was so helpful. Thanks a million!

dominick's finest,nailing it everytime ....

thanks brother. i racked my brain today trying to figure it out!!!!!! now it's so simple!!!! thanks for your help!!! i'm subbin you just in case i need you again.

Thank you so much. And yes I have.. I do try hard to make them worth watching,

@ 2:30 "its not so bad if it breaks and falls. You're still going to break your neck....." lol.

thanks awesome video

Great video well explained Thanks a lot

@Askmediy

8 жыл бұрын

+fluorosco Thank you very much.

Thanks I like how you explain everything

Gracias por subir el video animo

This might be a dumb question but how do you fasten the stringer to the deck?

@bert1913 One you know your rise, divided say by eight. So lets say you would have 10 steps, times by like 12 inches would give you a stringer length of 12 feet.

Good job Dominic !

@donbaggarlysr

7 жыл бұрын

ron picnia

Total Rise (in inches) divided by 7" (Michigan max. is 8.25") = Number of Steps Then take Total Rise again divided by total Number of Steps (sometimes less one) = Rise Per Step :)

@GodlyWomenOfTruth

10 жыл бұрын

normally 7" rise / 10" run (Michigan min 9" run)

Fantastic instruction, thank you!

good video man thank you so much

Really good information. Thank You!

Good job!!! Thank you so much for sharing this video!

VERY GOOD VIDEO THANK YOU..

Thank you, thank you. I am definitely an amateur, but being a single woman gives me no choice but to diy. I'm attempting to make steps from my deck to the yard below. Will it be ok just sitting on the ground or do I need some sort of support landing there? Also, can't I just cut out the measurements on the 2x12 and let the steps rest on that instead of cutting individual 2x4 support strips for each step? Help?

You should cut the tread thickness off of the bottom of the stringer. If you do not the bottom riser will be 9" which is a code violation. He did not show this but for those new to cutting stairs this will be a hard lesson to learn.

@Dispyto4u You welcome very much.

My deck height is 15 inches and I am using 5.5 inch risers how would I design this?

can you buy the stair guages at lowes?

Hello Dominick....great video...just one question. At 4:29 in the video when you lay out the first step what is the measurement from the end of the 2x12 to your framing square? It looks like about 2 inches or so but you did not measure. Is this dimension critical??

why wouldn't you put stair gauges on the outside of the square on the required measurements?

Yeah that was along time ago. Now I'm doing longer and HD But thanks for your input.

Awesome, thanks

how do you determine the lenth of your 2 x 12?

I know. I have just been so busy working. More to come this week.

Well done

this is a great video thank u very much

Great video! Very informative.

Thank you for the info it was very helpful

well done i loved it peter moore from ireland

Very good. Thank you.

Thanks so much! Great Video

good video

Classical. Excellent.

@DominickAmorosso

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you