I read your recent column about building stairs for a deck. I can handle that ... to the line created by the nose of each of the stair treads. To see this line, place a long straightedge on ...

Stair stringers for decks and porches are almost always made of weather-resistant pressure-treated lumber. The treads and risers can also be cut from treated lumber, but are often made from ...

To understand stairs, let’s talk about floors. Like many Americans, you might live in a home with a wood-floor system.

Just realize there are many options when it comes to DIY deck stairs ... the formula for building stairs. Because there’s an infinite number of possible riser/tread combinations, the code ...

Alternating tread stairs are terrific for saving space; you only put one foot on a tread at a time, so why make it go full width? By only putting in half a tread you can go up at twice the slope ...