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At the bathroom job, I accessed the house through these deck stairs and noticed the top step was 2" short of all the others and a major trip hazard. Some of the stair nosings were cracking off due to minor rot in some of the tread materials. Owner asked me if I could fix them while I was here...

Old stringers were 24" O.C. and one at 29", misconfigured, no kicker at bottom and poorly attached to the deck with non structural screws...they had to go...

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What are the risers and why the 2x4 between the stringers at the bottom?
Really looks nice and well built.
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nickko said:
What are the risers and why the 2x4 between the stringers at the bottom?
Really looks nice and well built.
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Risers are Azek, the blocking adds rigidity to the base and help block the posts secure.
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I do them similar but I don't like the hangers at top. I ladder block rim to first joist then drop 2x or 4x to add a lower rim. To connect.

The shoe I make towards the back of the stringer so I don't trap water.
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superseal said:
Risers are Azek, the blocking adds rigidity to the base and help block the posts secure. View attachment 544935
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Ok. I just thought the tread would do that. Did you fasten the treads from underneath? I don’t notice any fasteners.
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The treads only secure the top of the bottom of the posts, so to speak. Without the blocking, the very bottom bottom of the post is still free to waggle. Sometimes, I'll beef it up even more by squeezing the whole assembly with a length of all-thread parallel to the blocking.
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Calidecks
Nice work Super. As always.


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Nice job.

I run the stingers to the back side of the rim joist, them use coil strap down the back of the rim and 8 or 10" along the bottom of the stringers.
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Calidecks
I like to run another tread into the embedded joists. Like this.
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Excellent work. May your hands always be in demand and well paid for your work.
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Looks amazing.
I am a little surprised that you didn't remove the railing, then reinstall later.

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M
Nice. So you did a new calculation for the stringers? No laser pics? :)
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Bombproof....very nice
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superseal said:
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The addition of the cat's paw is a nice touch.
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Half-fast Eddie
I had not seen stair gauges like that before. Mine are simple brass … well a large hex nut and a screw, sort of.
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MarkJames said:
Nice. So you did a new calculation for the stringers? No laser pics? :)
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Yes and no, haha
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Half-fast Eddie said:
I had not seen stair gauges like that before. Mine are simple brass … well a large hex nut and a screw, sort of.
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onmywayup
I can tell you take pride in good craftsmanship. You've got me thinking I've got to upgrade my stair game, brother. I make good safe stairways that routinely pass inspection and l, but you really put some extra touches in there. I'll bet those stairs are the last part of that deck left standing someday.
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Half-fast Eddie
What is that connector at the top of the stringers? I searched ER-102 in the simpson catalog but got nothing.
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