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How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
I have the regular stringers figured out, but I'm having trouble figuring the doubled corner stringers. Do I just change the run? Is the tread width different?
The total rise is 32" and the run is 42" I'm using 1" boards for treads and risers. The calculated run for the corner is 45.4375. Also, how do I account for the 22.5 angle on the top of the stringer? The calculated run is from the center of the double. |
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
That is a 22.5 degree stringer. If you divide your run by 12, and then multiply by 13, you will have the correct run.
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
There's a couple ways to do this.
The "cheat" method (involved no math) is to run your treads long, trace at 22.5 degrees, and theres your run. There's also a couple ways to do it with math. Easiest would probably be figure out the lengths of the "triangle. The standard stringer being one side, distance from framing point of standard stringer to framing point of angled stringer being another side, and the angled stringer being the hypotenuse. Then it's just Asquared+Bsquared=Csquared. Divide your hypotenuse (stringer) by the number of runs on the standard stringer and you have your run the angled stringer.
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
When Roof framing, the 12 inch on a framing square is used for calculations of Common Rafters for a given pitch.
Use 17 for the Hips/Valleys of regular 90 degree corners. And use 13 for Bay windows at 22 1/2 layout. Whatever your regular stringer layout, convert it to a "12 Pitch" and use 13 instead of 12 for the 22 1/2 degree stringers. Should work fine. ^^^ or use Warren's method above Last edited by jlhaslip; 11-17-2015 at 05:45 PM. |
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
You'll also need to bevel your risers 22.5 degrees.
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You mean like this?
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
I actually forgot to take finished photos! Stupid mistake as it turned out awesome. I have the go back to look at new job, kitchen remodel, I'll try to remember to take pics of deck.
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
What are you talking about? Those are double 2x10's for the ledger and you can't see the carriage bolts that hold the stringers to the ledger. Also, all 2x4's are set into the notched stringers......how would that not be to code? The bottom plate is also sleeve anchored to the concrete pad. So there is no way the stringers can slide forward. It passed inspection easily and the inspector loved it.
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
The flat parts are only to screw the decking into, the stair front is 7" and can support the load. The ends are resting on a sandwiched 2nd stringer cut to take the weight. There is no reason for a stringer, would be easy to make 1 and attach it but it is not needed.
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
I lay out the stringers like they were a hip using 17" on the framing square.
If the stairs are being a ![]() I use blocks behind the riser on the hip stringers. It helps me with nailing and adjustments for a nice tight miter. Last edited by JAH; 11-18-2015 at 10:43 PM. |
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
The only thing you have to do is change the length of the run. Anytime you are dealing with an angle you must remember that degrees implies you are working with part of a circle. A circle has 360 degrees and you know the part of it you are dealing with. In your case that is 45. Do this: divide 360 by 45 to get a number. Divide this number by 4 to get another number. Whip out your smart phone calculator and find the square root of this last number. Multiply your standard run by this square root and you have your new run. Works for any angle.
Sometimes you will run into some really weird requests. I was asked once to build a 7 sided gazebo with 3 riser steps all around. Every stringer was going to be a hip stringer. Here's how I figured out the run length and tread angle cuts: Tread end cut angle = 360/2(total sides) =360/14 = 25.714 degrees = just under 25 3/4 degrees. Run length multiplier = square root of (total sides/2) = square root of (7/2) = square root of 3.5 = 1.871 (multiply the standard run by this to get new run.) I didn't need Trig or my ProCalc. Just my brain and a smart phone. |
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
Slope gain on 22.5deg = 1.082.
Mulitply 1.082 x your std tread run, & you will get 45 stringer run lth. Example, if you had a 10" std run: 45' stringer run =1.082 x 10 = 10.82. Slope gain is your friend! |
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Re: How To Cut Stringers On 45 Degree Corner
No, I don't know???
![]() ![]() What did the tread length of the cornered steps end up at? I'm guessing that if the standard side steps have 10" tread run stringer cuts, your 45* angled steps have a 7 1/16" tread run. ![]() Maybe my old eyes are ![]() ![]() ![]() ...
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sorry Birch ... i just took another look at that picture
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