Simple stairs have just two components. The flat board that your foot steps on is called a tread. The treads connect to side stringers and sometimes to one that is in the middle of the stairs. The ...

We want to remove the deck at the back of our single family house and install simple stairs from the parlor floor back door to the backyard. Not a deck or porch. Does this mean we have to get an ...

I feel it’s important for you to understand the structure of a set of stairs before you get out your saw and framing square.