3. Stairs should not be nailed to the deck but attached with specific hangers designed to make a connection from the stair's stringer to the deck joist. Before the current building code, many stairs were firmly and safely attached with lag screws or bolts. Let common sense be your guide ...
There are three stair bracket options: one with a 7-inch rise and 11-inch run; one with a 7 3⁄4-inch rise and 11-inch run; and one that’s adjustable, with rise and run constraints forgiving enough to make just about any situation work. To build stair stringers, proprietary bracke...