This man’s videos are always a great refresher or for first time stair builders an incredible catalogue of knowledge 👍🏾

@stairbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words and keep learning.

Nice explanation for interior stringers, thank you. Now when One's building stairs for a deck, very rarely do we have a 90 degree angle. More often than not we have an obtuse angle and in rare instances, an acute angle, hence, in essence, we need to calculate the height from top deck to where the farthest ground tread will make contact, whether it be a pad or whatever, which of course, is equally as simple. I only mention this for anyone thinking this is the only way to calculate stair stringers, and many beginners may not think outside the box. You may have covered this subject in other videos, if so, my apologies. Again, very good, clear explanations for someone wanting to learn the basics on stair building.

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

Good point and I will put your suggestion on my list of videos to be made.

You did a terrific job explaining this subject!

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

Always glad to hear that!!!!

Thank you Sir !! You scared me a little when you got out the calculator, but the fuzzies went away as soon as you explained it !! LOL ! This is EXACTLY what I needed to know ! I think yours is the ONLY video explaining how to find the length of lumber I needed !!

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I’m building stairs for my daughter’s doll house. Your videos have been so helpful! Thank you!!

@stairbuilding

6 ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Thank you sir your videos are amazing as usual

@stairbuilding

4 жыл бұрын

I never get tired of hearing kind words like those and am extremely happy that you like our videos. Keep learning.

Really helpful visuals. Thank you.

@stairbuilding

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Edit: I watched again and I think I have it. Great videos! I have stringers that were put in for carpeted stairs. I'm moving to hardwood. Codes have changed and rise and runs are very inconsistent anyway. New stringers are needed. I can"t determine overall height due to sheet rock underneath stringers and there is a door framed in below the second floor stair opening thats blocking access to first floor. Any suggestions? I'm stuck and suspect original stringers were cut too short. Thank you!

Please more videos like this Easy to understand thank u

@stairbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will

Thank you so much

@stairbuilding

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome.

Chiều dài cạnh huyền bằng căn bình phương hai cạnh góc vuông. You make e remember what my teacher teach me, now it can be used :)

This is helpfull, its handy to have a book about the subject to know how to do it,even if you are a starter proffesional, but if i wanna make a stair,once in a lifetime for my chickens (and i want to look fancy) then imma gonna watch some youtube videos ! Thanks for the info share man ! :D u the man !

@stairbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, go find your video and those chickens sound like they have it made.

@sorin990

3 жыл бұрын

@@stairbuilding sure willl do, no need to be rude about it :-/ ....

I appreciate your reaching

@stairbuilding

8 ай бұрын

I appreciate that

thank you !!!!

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks!

@stairbuilding

Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

Front exterior doorway how one know how far to measure out from door to walkway. Is based on how many riser's one calculate.

For 10' (height) staircase 2x12x12 * 2 boards are required a^2 + b^2 = c^2 a(riser) 120''+ b(run) 94" = c (total length of the board) 123" = 2x12x12 board

can we have a video fom planing buying and building the stairs. suggestion a u shaped stairs with a simple landing.? i really want to learn this. so very interesting.

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

I can do better than that, go to our website and click on our books link for a variety of different stair building books. If you don't want to do that, go to the website and check out more of our helpful videos.

Thank you very very very much, i search a lot but this video was the clearest and easiest.

@RA-yk3nv

3 жыл бұрын

The only think that is not yet clear to me is the handerail

@stairbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

@stairbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

The length of the handrail usually be a little longer than the length of the stringer, but if you needed to know the exact length, then you could use the same formula to figure out the length of handrail.

66 years old and i just learned something new....thanks

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

Great and keep learning.

Legendary

How to calculate required glass pieces for railing In staircase area??

Thanks for the video! There’s a potential issue with your calculations though. Let me explain: The flaw in calculating your length would be that if the lower level was the edge of a landing vs a flat floor like in your drawing, buying a board that is just over that diagonal distance still wouldn’t be long enough. Let me elaborate... Let’s say that the diagonal distance was actually closer to 8’ than the number you used in your example… let’s call it, 95”. In a situation where the lower level is the edge of a landing (not as floor), there wouldn’t be enough lumber left on the lower end of the board to allow for the vertical portion of the stringer that is required to attach the stringer to the edge of the landing. The correct length board would then be the following size up, which is 10’. Therefor, the example you’ve used above, although accurate for a flat floor in your drawing, wouldn’t work in all cases. Just something that might be a good idea to point out before someone goes and buys/ cuts the lumber to discover it’s too short. Thanks again!

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome and you're right, if the stair stringer is different from the one in the video, then you might need to get longer or shorter boards.

Tnx sir

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome

Can you please model a wrap around stair system on three sides of a deck.

Even if you have the time you should still get the book nothing beats references when building no matter what

04:50 HINT: To save time and eliminate errors, you can put the total of the first calculation [ 5,929 ] into the calculator's "M+" button; then put the total of the second calculation [ 2,756.25 ] also into the calculator's "M+" button. THEN press the "MR" button to get the total [ 8,685.25 ] . Then press the "square root" button to get the answer. EASY - PEASY 🙂

Stair building , once its grasped is really very easy but I See so many carpenters terrified of them , last thing you want is a wood pile ! Anyway great video!

@stairbuilding

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember the days of the scrap wood pile and my education.

@billynolanjr2266

3 жыл бұрын

@@stairbuilding we have all been there and still occasionally make mistakes , everyone does . Always have to double and tripple check math and measurments when doing stairs

@JonathanPerez-eo3hn

3 жыл бұрын

@@stairbuilding I'm about to do the stairs in my house and I'm scared 😆 can you help me out

@lhenry1693

2 жыл бұрын

A carpenter scared of building stairs is so common in the trade because many of the people working as carpenters are not apprenticed carpenters….they’re a bunch of wannabe carpenters…lol

I've 92.52 inches in height with a 7.1/4 rises and 10 inch runs I will get 13 stairs ! Wright? So how long of the lenght of the wood to buy? Is not dependents of how far I wanted the stairs to be ? Or this is the minimum standard.? Coz I calculation turn up too long stringer for this , about 3m long.

Pa code requires 2 x 10 stock material for treads. However, a 2 x 10 is really 2 x 9.75. Does it qualify as "stock material"?

@stairbuilding

Жыл бұрын

I would ask the building code authorities for clarification.

Was hoping that you were going to show the workings out for treads and risers

@stairbuilding

Жыл бұрын

Try our website in the basic stair building section.

Thanks so much Just one question,,what about if the floor at then is different (lower )

@stairbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

If you can't use this method, email me a picture or provide more details about your project and I will see if I can help.

How can I calculate the height of the timber for the stairs?

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

I usually use 2 x12 or 2 x14 lumber.

There is a square function on the calculator and a M+ to store the numbers when calculating…

How do you know the measurement out. We know how high for our risers.

@stairbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

It's not as easy for me to explain, but I do have plenty of videos on the website. www.homebuildingandrepairs.com/design/stairs/index.html

Hi there, how did you find out you need 77" of length? Is there a grade or angle?

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

You need to find the amount of risers first, then you can figure out how many steps you need. www.homebuildingandrepairs.com/stairs/index.html

@brianwiseman9518

Жыл бұрын

This video leaves the same questions as the first 5 videos I've watched. Lol

My total rise is 88 inches. Stringer length is 144 1/16. Can I cut the stringer out of a2 x 12 x 12 board?

@stairbuilding

Жыл бұрын

I done it plenty of times, but you might need to check with your local building department for your project.

I’m confused. If you’re building a set of stairs your height is obvious. But In this diagram your stairs are 77” long. Well that’s an arbitrary number that we wouldn’t have before starting a new set of stairs. Unless you’re just rebuilding. So how do we find our length???

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

First you calculate how many risers, then you can figure out how many steps. If this doesn't make sense, go to the website where I have more videos about this.

How did you figure out how far to measure

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

You will need to figure out how many steps and risers to get the total rise (plumb measurement) and level measurement first.

@nicolewebb558

2 жыл бұрын

@@stairbuilding they way they built this deck and steps they got 5 and they attached it flush with the deck but it looks like they put it alittle lower so the decking they use would be flush with the deck

I don't understand how he got the 77"

If your not starting your measurement from the total rise. That's confusing. Are you reverse engineering?

@stairbuilding

Жыл бұрын

I would try to start with the total rise.

You never mentioned the risers and the runners 😑

@stairbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

This video is all about the stringer. kzread.info/dash/bejne/goijq9WqppmeZ8o.html

I'm lost

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

How can I help?

NGL, this video did not need to be 7 minutes. This could have easily been condensed into 2 min

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

That would work for some people, but not everyone.

Nope. I'm still confused.

I will not empress our explanation,,can't understand

@stairbuilding

3 жыл бұрын

What are you having problems with?

I'm serious

@stairbuilding

2 жыл бұрын

Me to.

🤣 measure to here?