The small stair decks can be treated in a 6-inch space of pebbles. After you cut the string, use it to be a guide to position your landing. Cut and install stringers by following the photos in the project of building the stairs deck. It is enough to enrich your knowledge on how to...
If you choose the composite decking material, you can use the hidden fasteners and add a step to the floating deck. This may still take a couple of hours to complete. Most decks are attached to the house, but floating decks don’t need to be. Sometimes you can set up a deck chair a...
Stair treads may be made of a single 2x12 but typically have two decking boards — usually 2x6s or 1x6s. The stringers must be spaced properly to support the size of the board selected for the treads. A stringer is a wide board, often a 2x12, that runs at an angle from the ...
For the simplest form of stair, which we show here, you step down from the finished floor onto the first tread. Picture yourself stepping down from the kitchen floor to the first tread on basement stairs. Likewise, picture stepping down from the deck to the first tread on the stairs that...
Mark in the stair location to align supports and footings/postholes. For my deck I’ll need two 8” footing/post holes to support the bottom of the stringer. Save Batter boards and mason string used to square the layout. Marking paint outlines the layout. The stakes are building references...
such asTrex RainEscape. It’s an over-the-joist deck drainage system that uses flexible trough-shaped barriers to keep the joists, fasteners, and everything else below them dry. With this system in place, it’s easy to install lights, ceiling fans, and other accessories to serve the room...
So even though it looks like we’re done with the deck frame, we’re actually not. We still have some blocking to install. We need blocking over the beam to comply with the code. The intent there is to prevent the joist from rolling or twisting when they’re loaded, particularly on ...
First, determine if the stringers will attach to the top joist so the stairs are even with the top surface, or if they will mount under a deck or landing and the stringers will be attached to the joists underneath or to the blocking pieces that are found between joists. If they attach ...
I used 1 1/4″ x 11 7/8″TimberStrand LSL(Laminated Strand Lumber) for the stringers. The LSL’s are great for stair stringers because the strands actually help prevent cracking at the intersecting cuts at the corner of the riser and tread.Use a circular saw to cut along the lines mak...
Often the most difficult part of building a deck is attaching the deck to the house. Most homes have a poured concrete foundation making it tricky to attach the ledger board. The ledger board is the board that will take the weight of the deck frame and decking. Attaching it to a poured...