I just laid out my stringers tonight. Building a barndo for my family after work. This video was exactly what I was looking for.

I appreciate all the effort you put into making these videos. Your craftsmanship is inspiring.

@TheExcellentLaborer

10 ай бұрын

You are welcome! I appreciate the kind words. Subscribers like you is what keeps me motivated to make content. Thanks for watching!

Another fantastic video - going over each srep in detail is incredibly helpful. Most DIY videos skip over the small details, but that can be the most important part! Thanks for making this.

@TheExcellentLaborer

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I tried to keep my videos very detailed to help as much as possible. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for this video Josh, we just bought our first house and it’s a serious fixer upper and your videos have helped me tons with stuff I haven’t been 100% with. My next project is our staircase to the second floor and I’ve never done stairs before but with this awesome in depth video I’m more than confident to bang them out now.

@TheExcellentLaborer

2 ай бұрын

You are welcome! If you take your time and get your measurements correct to make the template, the rest goes together pretty easy. Fixer uppers are definitely a great way to hone in your skills. Good luck with your stair project!

Right on time, my night cap , keep on pushing this content.

Your videos are filled with great information. Cant thank u enough for what you do.

This is likely the best stair tutorial out there. Thanks.

@TheExcellentLaborer

4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! I try to put as much detail as I could into making this video. Clear and understandable. Be sure to stay tuned for more!

Man you cover every damn thing, I appreciate you brother

3rd generation here nails are better for stairs,(but I'm old and screws have come a long way) but this is the best tutorial I have ever seen 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💪🏼📐 great job

TEMPLATE is a perfect method!!! Eliminates stupid mistakes…. Great video… this guy is a REAL carpenter

Love your videos brother , Im an electrician by trade but my true passion is carpentry, you and I have rebuilt this old 1855 home ...finished up fascia and soffit ...now 3/4 done with the vinyl siding , you are a master at your trade ...you explain with fine detail with a great attitude...4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ you'd be amazed how well WE done sir ...thankyou youre appreciated

Thanks for the detail. Building a set of stairs for a camp soon and I will be rewatch this again.

How helpful. I had this crazy idea to put some stairs on the side of a wall to have a little mezzanine level just a little place to go and sit in the chair up and away from everybody LOL now I think this will show me how

The hunchback crown

KZread are the Best bery good teacher I lern from you

Best video I found explaining

@TheExcellentLaborer

4 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

Great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience!

Great video and great info. Extremely helpful. Thank you

Excellent video. I liked that you glued and screwed everything.

Respect for the massive amount of knowledge you have and you share with others. I am not sure I will ever get into this project (in Europe most stairs are already done in concrete), but it sure is informative!

Excelente proyecto saludos de chile. Amigo

Thanks for the lesson 👍🏼

@TheExcellentLaborer

10 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

You are GOOD. Thank you.

@TheExcellentLaborer

7 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

Awesome Work and very informative 🤟. Looks great man!

This was incredibly helpful Thanks bro 👊

His bottom ‘kicker board’ is ESSENTIAL!!!

It was very clear and clear, especially about the code. ❤

Thank You, was very helpful 😊

Fantastic video thanks from România Josh

I learnt alot from your vedio.Thanks bro.

Thanks bro

Love the ending

Thanks for all that you do Josh! I always learn something watching your videos 😊

Good job

Amazing job!

@TheExcellentLaborer

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Killer! Subscribed.

Very good explanations…. Pay close attention to his landing layout…

very well explained!! keep up the good work

@TheExcellentLaborer

2 ай бұрын

I try to keep things straight to the point. Thank you!

Now that's how ya build a set of stairs! I'd feel very comfortable walking an elephant up and down them daily. The Excellent Laborer for President please!!!

@TheExcellentLaborer

9 ай бұрын

It is very important to make the set of stairs very strong. I want them to last for the duration of the building, which is hopefully forever! I will say, being president is one job I definitely don’t want to do! If your pencil me in on the ballot, that would be awesome 😎 Thanks for watching!

Stairs are so rewarding when you lay them out with the proper layout. I've always used 2×12 as well to make them stronger. Skirt boards are so much nicer especially for the drywallers and finish trim work like you mentioned. I wanted to ask you a while back about doing a video like this. The formula is simple when you do them every day and of course each layout is different. The head clearance is very important as well especially to check with the code as well. Head knockers are not fun. Hahaha The amount of stringers is so important too because having a bouncy step is not good and if you put the extra one in like you did instead of three, it covers more options for the finish product. I always loved putting them in in sections instead of building them in one piece and trying to get it in place. (Been there and did that). Not fun if one stud is out just a bit. As always, excellent job Josh. 🔨🔨👍🏻👍🏻

@TheExcellentLaborer

10 ай бұрын

2x12s are definitely the way to go! I remember my uncle had a set of stairs in his house from the early 19th century. They only had three stringers and it was 50 inches wide. They were so bouncy it was ridiculous. I would not even dare to carry some thing up and down them. That is the biggest benefit to modern day codes. Oh yes, when you do them every day, it is second nature like any other job. It is nice to use the online calculators to double check yourself and as a reference tool. As always, I appreciate you stopping by and commenting! Good luck with your projects David!

@davidharrison3074

10 ай бұрын

@@TheExcellentLaborer I meant to ask what app or calculator program you can use for reference to check when needed. I'll always follow everything you do and support the way I can. Great videos always and I save all of them for references. Great for keeping my health issues strong since the first stroke years ago. So glad I continue to make progress with memory things. I can't imagine the days way back. We had a house that we did a complete remodel of Everything. The stairs going to the cellar area, (basement) itt was only for a furnace, boiler etc. The head clearance near the bottom of a set of stairs that were like a 12/12 pitch roof, the log beam at the bottom was notched out just to have a 64" clearance. Since we didn't try to change this, it passed inspection. No way to make new stairs at all. Glad it was only a 16'×16' area. Have a great week Josh. 🔨👍🏻

Oke good

Scribing outside the square is the only best way as 1/8" off carroes huge error to the landing.. Noting the clamps should be required not optional! Regardless, Excellent narrative especially considering the amount of every omportant detail associated with it!! Wowser.. and Bravo!! 😎

Nice job man, complicated subject but you did a great job of both delivering and demonstrating the message clearly. I’d buy you a beer 👍

Im not building steps anytime soon! Watched the whole thing, Really good explanation. Need to get on-board with the metric system though!!

Why is the noseing so important? One of the best exlained stair videos out there, well done sir and helper.

For the riser, that's the *excellent* part of the excellent laborer.. as a great catch.,. To be sure, checking height of riser board from the stores: 7.25 is lowes, 7.5 is home depot, just saying (cause i can) LoL 😎

Thank you for this, saving for later. I inherited a house with rotted out back stairs and it was looking very intimidating to do ourselves!

@TheExcellentLaborer

10 ай бұрын

This video would be a great reference for that in the future. I hope it helps you!

Hey bro, prankin'gansters in the street, it's good...😅😂😊😅

You can use Blondel formula for stairs

great video , I payed some one to do stringers for me and he cut them wrong so now I'm doing it , this video showed me more in a few minutes than what I spent hours looking for , his video is in my saved

Landing needs a ton of ‘blocking’ between those studs for ‘draft stops’ Open stairs built improperly leave oxygen paths creating a fire path…. A good builder takes fire draft into account in case the Inspector doesn’t catch it….

My head hurts but thank you! Great job!

Any ideas for me? I'm thinking about just adding a 2x4 below the run/riser where the meat is left on the tread and then mounting to each stud in the wall with a timber screw.... this way I have a 1-1/2" gap between the stringer and the unfinished wall. The drywall guys can just slide their sheets past the stairs and rest on the 2x4 and then I can do the same with my skirt board leaving myself a 1/4" gap to tuck in carpet... I'll have plenty of bracing underneath as well. What do you guys think?

Can you explain how you figure out stairwell opening or make video about it?

The kind of work I do is remodeling and I said it's always take a turn to the left do you have pointers

Great video. However I have one issue I wanted to let you know about, at time stamp 40:38, you say " I am going to place sub-floor adhesive her on the treads", as you are actually applying the sub-floor adhesive to the stringers. Just wanted to let you know in case you wanted to correct the error. Thanks for the very detailed video.

Iwill try to make my own stairs, following your instraction. and convert it in cm. So i understand 2x12 is 2m long x 12 inch wide x ؟ thick.

@markgrabowski8662

4 ай бұрын

2 x 12 (in inches) means 2 x 2,54 cm and 12 x 2,54 cm =5,08 x 30,48 thus 5 cm thick and 30 cm wide and they sell at 12 foot lengths over there 1' = 12" so 12 x 12 x 2.54 = 365,76 cm=3,65 m (on rounding) or 5 x 30 x 365 (cm)

Got a question from the top of my deck to the ground is 4 feet can u tell me how steps I would need on my stringer? Thanks

Do framers know how to chk for level? Thk U Finish Carpenter

This guy is a very competent craftsman…. He edges toward higher quality instead of going THIN…..

Sidnt you measure to the concrete originally for your rise on the long stringers? If so, adding rhat landing now changes the rise, no?

@TheExcellentLaborer

7 ай бұрын

Eric, the landing was added into the rises as if it was a step. I hope that helps!

I really liked this video but I have a question. When measuring for the longer stringer , why wouldn’t you take into account the height of the platform when figuring your stringer length? Or did you do this and not point it out. Seems like the measurements you took would be from the subfloor above to the finish concrete floor, not the platform height. I want to make these identical stairs to access above my garage so wanted to clarify. Thanks!

Awesome information. But it is not working out for me. 😢. Help!!! My measurements are 96.5 from the top floor to the bottom floor. So in doing the math I have a 7.5” rise and a 10.25 inch tred. I have a 90.5 inch floor space to run into the 96 to the ceiling if that makes sense. I guess my question is do I have to have a 45° angle to start with many thanks if someone can help me with this.

What is the thickness of the stringers. Is it about 4 to 5 cm enought?

My problem is that I have to build over existing brick steps which are not all precisely equal. I think I will have to make a template for upside down stringers cut to fit the steps, since I think I have to match the tread and rise of each step individually. My brain is smoking ! 😮 😊

@althomas314

4 ай бұрын

Just get 1 common rise that will work for all the steps

@paulmonk7820

2 күн бұрын

​@althomas314 The brick steps all vary in rise and run. Some too high, some too short. Also not level side to side. Had to find a way to make them all the same, but still rest on the existing bricks. Not easy, but doable.

👍🔨

@TheExcellentLaborer

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by!

I agree with another comment, why isn’t the runner measured to the landing?

Why cant you divide the total rise by 7-3/4"?

How make basement bathroom

@hellostorm7661

10 ай бұрын

Get a permit first from the county

I do find the american way of installing stair easier, but in uk the stairs come 95% of time are premade and are already fully assembled.

Where is your zip plywood tape applicator, for 140.00 .

The figuring you did was all good but I completely disagree with the way in which the stairs are built. Get the landing in, put a temporary set in with 2x12 framing, keep it off the wall 6-10” and run your drywall through. Do yourself a favor and invest in a stair jig or make one and router out the stringers and mount them over the drywall and do it right if you don’t want to hire a professional but don’t build interior stairs inside a home like it’s a deck.

@scottwright388

7 ай бұрын

These stairs are built quite well and good for this application. Stairs built per your suggestion are usually built by manufacturer's and at a production level, and they are pretty much slapped together.

Did he say his stairs were nine yard??

Six-foot-eight? Everybody in my family is a midget LOL but I still will do it so other people can stand up LOL

Very nice job…. Needs continuous fire stop blocking that is nearly impossible to install after the fact-

your last step is 71/4 but your floor isn't finish, if you finish your floor with hard wood (¾) your last step will be 8"total.

@mickmcmickerson7718

6 ай бұрын

U didn't pay attention did u?

@chrishouser2999

5 ай бұрын

He stated he is only going to have the subfloor with no finish flooring on top.

@D4RKD4YZ

5 ай бұрын

No floor is being installed on top because he said it was above a garage.

@mgwood6939

4 ай бұрын

Yes very true 100% but if you would have listened he's only having a subfloor

@Discipline365.

4 ай бұрын

Its literally one of the first thing he said lol

Be sure to select CLEAN Douglas Fir #2 or better timbers…. Knots will create problems you don’t want….

Needs FULL BLOCKING on the wall to prevent DRAFT openings….plus you need the ‘backing’ material for drywall FIRE STOP…..can’t do that later….

‘Front 3/4 nose can be a TRIPPER…

“Skirt board” will be VISIBLE so use beautiful material….

Be sure to TELL your Architect you want LARGER STEP WIDTH to at least 42” if possible…. Ever try moving FURNITURE in those skinny passages????

NOTE: His info about LANDINGS is critical…. Usually no more than 12 steps requires a landing….

Too many numbers 😂

@TheExcellentLaborer

10 ай бұрын

It definitely requires a little bit of math to figure stair stringers out. Thanks for watching!

@deadmanswife3625

10 ай бұрын

Only arithmetic

@jonathanarias4455

8 ай бұрын

That's why a lot of carpenters can't or don't do stairs, but you need to know how to be a true professional.

@deadmanswife3625

8 ай бұрын

@@jonathanarias4455 I did end up buying those little round brass marker things on Amazon that you use. So when the time comes...

Where’s his safety glasses???

Pay close attention to his bottom layout to avoid mistakes…. Stair building is NOT for beginners