You probably give little thought to the stairs you go up or down to reach different levels of your home, deck or patio. I’ll ...

If you have access to the underside of the stairs, fix the squeaks from here since any screws or nails that you drive will be hidden. The vertical riser rests over the back edge of the step.

Stringers, normally cut from 2x12s, are the angled boards that ... The first step in building stairs is finding the total rise, which is the overall vertical height of the staircase.

I read your recent column about building stairs for a deck ... If you built the steps right, with the same riser and tread combination and the needed 1-inch overhang of the tread over the riser ...