First Time Building Stairs - Everything You Need To Know (Part 2)
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- First time building stairs? Today is part two on how to figure and cut stairs for the first time. In this video we are checking the fit of our first stringer, making some adjustments, and then learning how to install them using three different methods. If you have questions about building stairs, please leave them below, or reach out to me on Instagram (link below).
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You make everything sound so complicated its not that hard
Thanks for the comment. @@Masticas.
Thank you for explaining how to calculate stairs and build them. I am 71 and I have been trying to get a contractor for nearly a year. I have decided to build my own porch steps. Thank you for your help.
I'm excited for you. Enjoy the build. Reach out if you get stuck.
How did they work out?
I have built stairs before, but this is one of the best how-to videos I've seen and you explain the process very well. Well done!
Your parts 1 & 2 are the best 'stair layout & building' tutorial I've seen on TH-cam. Very professional, well done!
Thank you! 😊
Why 2 part video? Yeah, needless complication on the explanation & installation as well.
This man is clear, concise and comprehensive. I'm grateful for the excellent video! Kudos!
I do my best my friend. Thank you
Best video I’ve seen on strair stringers. Ty for explaining the multiple methods of connecting at the top.
Glad it was helpful!
I’m building the tiniest set of stairs to gain access into our stock tank pool.
These 2 videos are changing my life.
Thank you. I feel like I can do anything now!
Awesome!
I just watched your 2 part video series on stringers.
These are by far the best and easiest instructions on stair being on TH-cam. Excellent tutorial Lad. Thank you. 👍👍👍
Wow! Thank You for the most complete and yet easy to understand guide for the project. I'm replacing our entry stairs on a 120 year old home where the landing bottom step is currently rough and not level. My initial concept is to jackhammer all the very old existing and pour a new slab. I'm undecided on the use of sonotube for the handrails post. Thank You
I love the joist hanger with the kerf cut out to fit it! I'm still learning to do these myself at work but this is helping a lot. We normally use the plywood method of attaching them. I'd make note to make sure (when using the plywood) to take into account the thickness of the plywood on the last step so you're not long an extra half inch or whatever thickness the plywood is.
You will want to check with the building codes if you can still use the kerf cut... I'm pretty sure they will not allow that anymore.
Just finished both videos and found your instructions to be very clear. I will go out now and draw my third set of lines on my practice 1"X12" (different colours). Finding the perfect piece of lumber was challenging at the store and then the splits start to grow when you get home. I had to clamp my ends to prevent further splitting while they dry a bit. (pressure treated lumber is soaking heavy) If a person has enough material in length, then to pick the best places to cut out the triangles could eliminate some of those huge knots. Thanks again for the good lesson.
Yes, I feel your pain when it comes to finding nice lumber to use... especially for stairs. Let me know if you need any more help.
Building stairs from my lanai outside to ground level. This is a great tutorial for us diy people. Very much appreciated.
Thanks for commenting. Let me know how it goes
This was a great video. I've done lots of building projects, but never had to build my own stringers. Funny how at 61 years old I can still learn. Again, great job.
Thanks for the comment!
Hi, Thank you very much for this video. I had to remove the bottom 3 steps at a friends house to have basement waterproofing put in. To build the new steps, I purchased 3 step stringers, steps and risers. I realized I would have to figure out how get stringers attached to existing stair case, and thought, I might need to some how build a plywood stand. Your video though showed me the perfect way to attach stringers to plywood and plywood to existing stairs. Now here are 3 new steps where yesterday there were none. Great job. Very clear.
I need to build the stairs at my mother’s house and had an idea but didn’t know all the thing you explain very well on both of your videos, I really appreciate it and God bless.
Excellent video, every time I would think of a question, you'd then answer it. You're a very good teacher with great presentation, thank you.
By far the best video that Ive seen on stair building. Thank You!
Thank you, youngster, Ive searched others DIY Utubers. And I do appreciate them. But you keep it simple and right to the objective.
First time doing the DIY route. I was a lil hesitant at first, but once I started... It's ON!
The house is not on fire - I am! Don't be surprise if I do a whole small house in our backyard!
Thank you. And God bless
Awesome stuff!
Your step by step (LOL) instructions were so informative and helpful. I was able to cut 3 stringers and fabricate a set of stairs with 6 steps, each on had 7.5" vertical drop and level! Awesome instructions and thank you!
Great job!! I'm so grateful you took the time to let me know.
This was a great tutorial and used it for a set of stairs on a rental. Thank you for making this clear and concise!. NOTE: One thing I did was to make a sample stringer with HDF before cutting the final used for the installation. Thank you again for this helpful video.
Awesome, thank you for the comment!
Outstanding video. Your easy, concise instructions made cutting my first stringer easy (with your help). I have 4 more to cut and then onto the install. Much appreciated!
Thank you so much for the comment. I'm proud of you for making the decision to do them yourself! 👊
Thank you for such clear and informative videos part 1 and 2 I’m a diy and I now understand all terminology and math around building stairs best videos ever
You're very welcome!
Really helpful. Initially I was considering to weld a stair case from the metal but your approach has persuaded me to go with a wood!
Thank you, making back steps from garage into house, everything I needed to know in these two videos. Excited to get started!!
You got this!
Easy to follow instructions. Thank you and God Bless you for your knowledge and generosity in sharing with others!
You are very welcome my friend. I'm here if you need anything.
Dude thank you Soo much for these videos. I'm an apprentice metal fabricator I use the same theory from your video to steel work and it came out amazing. You are awesome man
watched a couple times to take the rust off my memories. Successfully cut the stringers. Thanks.
NICE!
You are amazing! Watched 1st two videos,
I'm amazing?? You're the one that was able to watch two videos and then go build stairs! Well done Jeff!!
One of the best tutorials I’ve seen. God bless you.
Wow, thank you for the blessing. :)
I have looked far and wide trying to find a video on making stair stringers and how to attach them and every video I have found up till now has been less that disappointing…
I at a major aha moment” in the last video when u said to leave enough room at the top of the stringer for the rise… literally no one else has said that and I cldnt make it make sense in my head till now! Thank you!
So glad to hear!
Best verbalization ive heared so far
My stairs turned out perfect thanks to you. I was scratching my head. Thanks again.
Fantastic! Great Job.
Thank you for explaining so clearly and completely ! I appreciate it and will send photos of my stairs to show how well your video helped me !
Would love to see those photos
Thanx very clear instruction.
Still like to know how to calculate the length of the stringer?
Two great videos all I needed to know my daughter had to have a new basement for her house I now can build her stairs will save her thousands of dollars
Awesome man! I hope It went well! 🙂👍🌿
This is what I've been looking for for a very long time. Thank u so much. Now I can build a stair for my tiny house ❤️
Thanks for sharing your knowledge! I'm about to build my first set of stairs for our deck.
Wonderful, good for you! Let me know if you have questions.
@@TrainingHandsAcademy Thanks so much! I sure will!!
Great, useful video. Thanks for showing the other 2 ways to hang the stringers. Bravo on your straightforward teaching style!
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Awesome video and I appreciated the little victory dance on the tread in those funny crocs
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comments.
Thanks alot - I just had my garage floor 'epoxy' finished & want to make stairs from the garage to the home which is 32.5" total rise. Since I'm at it, I'm going to add LED lighting to under the 1" overhang or somewhere on the stairs. Thanks for the video - it helped!!!!
Sounds like a cool project! Thanks for the comment.
best ,direct and clear video ever see !!!!
Thanks for the comment.
Excellent videos!! So much useful information!! Thank you!!!!
Thank you for the comment.
I learned alot watching parts 1 & 2. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative and conscientious of the viewer's time!
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Simply the best vídeo you have the gift of teaching!!!
Wow, thank you!
Really appreciate your video, it’s the way that you explain things that makes this one of the best instructional videos. I want to make a set of stairs but cutting straight will be my greatest challenge
Thank you! You got this!
The only thing i would add was when you cut into the stringer to you have now created a week spot. It was the bracket i was talking about. Never cut at a position that may create a spliting line to split the stringer. Everthing else spot on!!! thanks for sharing,,,,
Thanks for the info!
Loved this. Thank you for including the metric measurements. More often than not , I have to pause the video to convert the imperial measurements to the metric system.Would have liked to have seen the mathematical lesson also millimetres ( perhaps with a different colour beneath the red?)
I look forward to seeing more of your tutorial videos
Zahida, I live in Canada and build stairs for a living. Being educated in the Metric system and knowing how much easier and simpler it is while being forced to work in the US Imperial system (most woodworking and construction) is a real pain.
This is a great instructional video.
@@ruidadgmailcanada8508 Thank you ever so much.
I apologise for the late response but I only saw it this morning.
Yep, great video and thanks for including both imperial and metric! Please keep doing it.
@@ruidadgmailcanada8508 Thank you so much for your response. When I first saw the video, I was busy converting my attic into a "man cave" for me. I asked friends and family why there isn't a female equivalent for man cave. The response...." It's called a kitchen" Cheeky buggers!! Going to build my staircase in June and I"m super excited. Thanks again for the brilliant tutorial.
That joist hanger trick is very handy. I have built a lot of stairs and for decks usually had to add additional framing/posts to create a fastening surface for the top of the stringers. I will definitely try this (long hangers of course) on the next set of deck stairs. Cheers John
Hello. Can you list the lumber used for the stairs thanks. May God continue blessing you and your family
First off, thank you so much for the blessing! The lumber I use was 2 x12 Kiln-dried pine... it came from Home Depot.
I've a question, I'm finalizing my basic stairs, last step is to attach the treads, how should I screw the threads? from the top? from beneath? with steel angle from beneath? In any case, I'll add some super strong glue between the treads and the stringers. Any advice welcome :)
Good job, thorough, concise, clear. 👌🏼 (the crocs gave me a chuckle).
Those crocs are getting a lot of attention lately... lol! Thanks for the comment Wesley. Be well.
Thanks for making it simple to understand. Made it easy to understand and build my two steps.
Glad it helped!
Hi good video very helpful, i wanna ask so the final Step Will be 11"? Thanks
Thanks for the metric units! It's really nice of you and it makes much more easier for us to follow it.
No problem!
Keeper video. I'm going to be doing some stairs on a deck coming up soon so I needed this. Very easy to understand (Part 1 & 2)
Cool, thanks for the comment.
Awesome videos! I have a quick question that I think I know the answer but want to confirm. At the end of part 1 you mentioned to cut the thickness of the deck board off the bottom of the stringer. I assume that doesn’t apply if you’re doing the other way you mentioned where the 1st step is flush with the deck
If I'm understanding your question right, you will still need to cut the thickness of your tread material off the bottom. If not, your first step will be off the thickness of that tread.
You have done so much more than most can explaining this, Impeccable
Can you do a video detailing fully finishing a set of stairs? For example; with oak, poplar, maple, etc. treads, bull noses, railings and anything else one would do for finished stairs?
I do plan on doing that video... it will be of my own house. I just need to find the time to make it.
The best video i have seen on stairs,Thank you
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for a VERY clear and concise tutorial 🙂
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Excellent concise and helpful videos. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much , I can’t even get carpenters to do this for 8 months .Now I’m not overwhelmed with my addition and almost done..
Glad to hear. Nice work Joe!
Framer went mia on job and this is just what I needed 😊
Those framers! lol
I appreciate the way you teach.
So nice of you. Thank you.
Excellent job on explaining the process
your videos are a cut above, no pun intended. extremely well done
Wow, I really appreciate your comment!
I like your 'safe' but comfortable work shoes.
I would prefer to clamp the first stringer down to the stringer below befoe marking to ensure it never moves. And I would be pretty cheesed off if I cocked up the first stringer, a 9" x 2" piece of planed timber will set you back about £25.
Still a very good video, I am thonking about making a 10 tread set of open plan stairs for my garage to access the roof void easier, not worried about building regs in this case, 👍👍👍
This is so useful! Been waiting 6 months for someone to come help me do my steps! Ugh I can do this!
You got it. Just reach back out when you have questions
Rocking Croc's at the end, Awesome
Love my Croc's. :)
Thank you. Starting to build stairs to trampoline for kids tomarow
If your builder put OSB treads on the stringers, should I remove those treads before installing finish treads? Or, can I just put finish treads over the OSB? Or how about vinyl planking over the OSB? Thank you.
PS I love the cutting the kerf/joist hanger trick!
I would not go over the OSB. I'm glad you like the hanger trick... check with codes to see if that's still good. I've never had problems with it in the past but they do make better hangers now a days that are better.
Excellent instruction and presentation.........
Glad you liked it
You’re a beast bro I’m 20 & I’m really trying to expand my knowledge in framing !! Hope to become good as you & help many others who want to learn !
The fact that you are seeking knowledge at your age, puts you in the top 10% of the world! Feel free to email or find my on IG if you have any questions about anything... I'm here to help. 👊
Great video!!! do you have a video that calculates for runs that make a U-turn? Also, on the first right turn, it has a landing, 3 steps and another landing before it does another right turn and go up to the finish first floor. I am so confuse because of that separation of the landings. Can you help?
I don't have a video on that. The best advice I can give you is to think of landings (regardless of what they look like or how many you need) as treads. The math is the same... so instead of a "normal" 10" tread for example, there would be a landing in its place. Does that make sense?
Thank you for your teaching.
I wanted to ask, what do you mean by a basic set of stairs and finished stairs at the end of the video?
These are basic meaning used for decks, outdoor projects, etc. The same math applies for finished stairs (stairs inside the house) as well but there are some other things that need to be done for making them for indoors.
@@TrainingHandsAcademy . Thanks a lot
nicely done video! did you ever do the more in depth video for a finished type wood stair?
Unfortunately not
You are a fabulous instructor. Thank you! Love the crocs!
You're so kind. Thank you.
Hopefully you or someone that knows can answer this our builder 23 yrs ago used a metric eff ton of nails at an angle to attach our stairs to the header. No bracing whatsoever. They did the same at the floor. There is no cleat at the bottom.
We are about to completely redo our stair treads and risers. Can we just add hangers to the top as extra support without removing everything?
Also what about adding a cleat to the bottom? I think we could not a section out to add the cleat to. We are very comfortable with building and remodeling, I just don't have a lot of experience with stairs and we want to make sure these stairs are nice and secure especially because we do live near the cascadia subduction zone and I worry a big earthquake would rip these stairs out how they are now.
I'm not a structural engineer... but I would think that adding some stair hangers and a cleat would be a great addition to what is there. After that, you would have some very strong stairs.
Super helpful. Thank you!
Excellent video as was part one. Thanks .let's have more.
Brilliant, now given me the know how to build simple set of stairs for outside, thank you.
Another great way to attach stringers to a landing are by using structural straps this allows you to not have to cut into the stringer at all works for me every time
Great info, thanks for sharing Alberto!
Very informative video!!! What should the thickness of the plywood be? Thank you
I used 3/4"
Excellent tips and techniques. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Great video. Thanks so much for posting it.
You bet!
Great presenter... speaks very well and nice speed of delivery. My stairs turned out great following Josh’s steps. Thanks. Look forward to watching more of your videos.
Great to hear Paul! Cheers!
Great lesson man. I really understand now about stairs !!! Thank you !
Glad it helped!
Thanks for using metric. Excellent tutorial
Glad it was helpful!
@1:45 when you cut the first stringer, I wondered why you didn't mention...."check your measurements after each cut. All inward/outward corners should be equal distance to each other". It's easy go into the mass production/cut mode which leads to mistakes.
Thank you so much for saying practice make progress because it certainly doesn’t make perfection.
waiting on the edge of my seat for part three...plzzzzz....NEED to finish these stairs
I'll have one coming this year!
Amazing. Just need to figure out and calculate in mm.
Great videos. I would have added if you're doing outdoor stairs that you should use pre-treated wood and don't use plywood.
Thanks for adding that great info!
love the tap dancing at the end ~
Thanks for the great instructions!!..great explanation, easy to understand..
Glad you enjoyed it!
In my area most everyone uses the term template for your pattern piece, mark a big T on the piece, or Temp. love the videos always refer back to some reference when not dones something for a while, and love seeing many others options, building techniques, you have it down good.
Glad I found your videos the way you explain is spot on thank you man , this content was very helpful 👍💯
Do you have a video on supporting longer stringers. Thanks
Not yet!
Worth mentioning if you add a plywood nailer how you did, you need to trim off the thickness of the plywood from your stringer so that tread isn't too long.
Yeah he kinda went fast with that. So if you use the plywood method you would have to subtract the plywood thickness from the upper part of the stringer where the plywood attaches correct?
Also when you subtract the tread thickness from the bottom do you subtract just the thickness plus the upper finished floor or what happens if you have finish on both the upper and lower part of the stringer?
@@anthonybarker6314 your first question the answer is yes.
@@anthonybarker6314 your second question is hard to answer without a diagram to make sure we're on the same page with what you're asking. If you're asking about trimming off the bottom of the stringer, the part that touches the lower floor, you would trim off the thickness of the tread to make the rise correct. That assumes it's sitting on finished flooring. If you're adding flooring to the bottom after your stringer is installed, you would subtract the thickness of tread then add back the thickness of the finished flooring. That would make your bottom rise correct. The easiest way to not confuse yourself is when you calculate the total rise of a stringer, you figure the distance from finish floor to finish floor. When you do it that way you only need to trim the bottom of the stringer the thickness of the tread to make all your rises the same. Then of course you trim off the thickness of the plywood you asked about in your first question...the plywood that connects the stringers. Then when you install the stringers you have to make sure you draw a line so they line up properly so the first step at the top is correct and all the others will fall in line. I know that's confusing but it's the best I can do on here
I think you've explained it great. Thanks a lot, good day!!!