At this point in the project
most of the heavy lifting was behind us and I was mostly on my own to do the
precision wood stuff. Although sick with a cold, Tom did help me spread gravel
and remove the form from the concrete pad.
I spent much of the rest of
the day working on cutting the 4 stair stringers from 2x12’s. Once we had the
frame and concrete pad in place, the height ended up being 1” less that
anticipated, so I had to adjust all my stair calculations. The risers ended up
being 6 5/8” and the treads 10 1/8” each.
Installation of the 4
stringers was next, I had bought brackets for this and they went in easily.
Good thing too as I had to do it twice...once they were in place I realized the
middle too were sticking out too far and had to be cut down slightly. This was
due to my design for the riser, I wanted them installed without the ends
showing on the sides and had cut little lips into the stringers to accommodate
this. In the end all was in back place with blocking between.
Finally I got the boards for
the stair risers installed; 1x6 fence boards screwed in place. There are also a
few deck boards cut to size, but none of those are screwed in place yet.
And now we know: from a time
perspective I understand why people buy the pre-made stringers, it is very time
consuming to make them yourself...but overall cheaper and better made and more
customizable...so I think it was worth the time
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