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Corner wrap around deck stairs.
Cascading stairs are a popular style of staircase that wraps around the corner of a low deck.
The stairs are going to be sitting on a sloped walkway.
And softening a deck corner with two 45 angles instead of one 90 isn t that difficult for anyone with a good mitre saw a square some basic carpentry skills.
When deck plans called for a set of wrap around stairs jay mcknight of portland oregon based construction company hammer hand decided that there had to be a better way to build them than the conventional method a pair of corner stringers and a lot of blocking.
So for this project we ended up steering from the originally planned composite deck build to doing a pressure treated deck that will have an adjoining pav.
Here are some tips for installing stringer stairs on your deck.
On many low decks a set of steps on all sides can eliminate the need for a railing altogether.
Building wrap around stairs on a deck aspiring stair builder how do i calculate the length of a stringer for a wrap around set of stairs on a 90 degree corner when the ground concrete is at different heights.
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This process works for any angle you may have on your deck to allow for a wide array of unique designs to fit any need.
Wrap around stringer stairs riser stringer stairs with outside corners the framing for stringer stairs with outside corners is similar in every way to standard stringer stairs except at the corner.
Wrap around stringer stairs.
Aug 15 2015 stringer stairs are a great addition to any deck.
Instead mcknight framed the corner like a hip roof laying out and cutting the corner hip rafter stringer from a treated 4x12.
How to build them.
This is an attractive and extremely functional approach to deck design and stair construction.
Stair sections that wrap around a corner to meet one another must have identical attributes.
However tall cascading steps can begin to look awkward and present a tripping hazard.
If you need more than 1 step from the deck.
Angled wraparound stairs improve access and better integrate deck with land.