How to Add Stairs to Your Outdoor Deck

How to Add Stairs to Your Outdoor Deck | Ask John The Builder

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11 жыл бұрын

By Video Journalist Waldo Cabrera
Ask John the Builder's John Cox demonstrates how to add custom stairs to your deck.
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@willsanford6706 4 жыл бұрын

After watching this video I tackled a similar project on my home. After about 200 dollars in wasted material I am confident enough to hire a pro now.

@swcheshier61 6 ай бұрын

😂😅

@michaela9857 Жыл бұрын

John, this was the best video to explain how to make stringers by far. You’re the GOAT.

@jaymess100 11 жыл бұрын

Excellent instructions. I have watched probably 10 different videos on KZfaq on how to build deck stairs, and yours has been the most helpful. Thanks.

@craigdwyer2677 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, with your measurement equations, I feel confident making my own stringers

@mowman334 6 жыл бұрын

I have made steps over the year when building decks,you made it so simple to understand in a very short time,good for you and thank you for this video,it explains it way better than I ever could :-))

@BabsTayKy 11 жыл бұрын

Best in depth instructions on KZfaq. Appreciate it

@D1stDrInternet 9 жыл бұрын

Explained with great simplicity, informative video, thanks for sharing.

@JayJay-je5dm 7 жыл бұрын

Great video john you got straight to the point after your introduction Thank sir

@David-st8te 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. Greeting from Australia. We renovated our rental property where all the back and from concrete steps were purposely damaged by the tenants. We will use your idea, with permission ❤️🙏 to build the decking steps.

@tkeeg 7 жыл бұрын

Great video John! Thanks for sharing!

@bruceevans760 4 жыл бұрын

This was very well explained and really helped to de-mystify this process.

@OpTiC_DaD 3 жыл бұрын

Looking to replace the old staahhhs at my house this video was exactly what i needed! 👍🏻

@McCallumClips 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. Not to long just right. Very helpful. Beautiful stairs too. Would like to see about the railings too.

@lancemillward2462 9 жыл бұрын

To explain as much as you did in less than 4.5 minutes says a lot about your knowledge level, great stuff!!!

@curtnarcis8719 4 жыл бұрын

Yh he knows his stuff

@BFaluup 5 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@Sally-sb9ws 8 жыл бұрын

You are one amazing carpenter! Thanks!

@mattdg1981 4 жыл бұрын

Get yourself a set of stair gauges. I love em. Makes laying out with the square so much more consistent. Also when you cut off the inch off the bottom take that inch and devide it by the numbers of your rises. Adjust your riser cut accordingly. With five rises that would approximately a 7 3/16 rise instead of 6.95" that will make your tread cuts perfectly level. Good quick video brother. Happy building.

@nivardmalcolm3495 2 жыл бұрын

Nicely explained. Easy to understand. Thank you.

@BX0207 10 жыл бұрын

The most CLEARLY explained stringer build video on the WWW. Thank you JOHNNY. Geez i love guys like this.. to the point clear and no fuss over directions and throwing a thousand numbers and fractions and trying to be fancy with tech terms.. John is just layman directions as 99% of the people in the world understand. .."4 point whatever..." ehehe Iove it.

@lesleyrowland5150 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a dIYer on my 2- 120+year old properties and how John explains everything is just plain and simple to understand. Thanks for a great video.

@unicopachulo 5 жыл бұрын

At last, I find someone that get down to the issues, other than talk about anything else in less than 5 minutes. I will save and thumbs up :) hey John, and by the way, I like the fact that you use 6 Stringers, that shows that you don't take chances and go that extra mile to make the project better and durable.

@pinarellolimoncello 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, article, concise, lots of info, thanks.

@mattsivert2594 5 жыл бұрын

Quick awesome insightful video learned a lot in just a few minutes. now off to Home Depot I go to buy some pre-cut stringers LOL.

@digschopper9321 2 жыл бұрын

Im a bike guy,not a carpenter. Our steps collapsed under me,so way overdue. This video was just what I needed,no fluff. WICKED. THANKS!

@curtnarcis8719 4 жыл бұрын

Thank u very much i use ur instructions to build my first step,thanks again Mr John

@jamesharris6062 4 жыл бұрын

Well explaned in simple terms thanks johon. i'm mending my decking steps

@mirooovuujjj7918 7 жыл бұрын

awesome video

@steved8563 6 жыл бұрын

From one contractor to another, I usually nail the stringers through the top mounting plate first then install the entire set as one unit and fasten it. I feel that is a more reliable and safer installation through time. Food for thought and nice job.

@popiscoolnow 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing the knowledge

@semco72057 6 жыл бұрын

I like the way you showed us how to make the steps, and I will have to make some for the front of my double wide mobile home. I am going to build a deck for the back door area. I want treated wood, but would like to know if all wood are treated the same way.

@ritosilerio6180 6 жыл бұрын

Great video. You are a master of your craft.

@alexandergallant6444 2 жыл бұрын

John that's good work.

@lisashea4956 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation!

@MrXcrt 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@rockcrusher7361 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, John u rock, enjoyed ure video, thank you

@k.b.392 5 жыл бұрын

Would you post a video of how you installed the step rails for the above deck steps??

@HoodrichShinobi 4 жыл бұрын

Stayuhs, from up heeyah to down heeyah. We want a stringah! Definitely from New England! Such a shame his online content seems to be outdated. Tried looking him up on Facebook but there doesn't seem to be any modern social media pages.

@drezac1379 5 жыл бұрын

they also recommend taking the "wide of the riser" off of the back of the top of the stringer where it attaches to the header

@a.c.7874 8 жыл бұрын

John, How do you replace the runners on deck stairs? The screws seem to be inbedded in the wood.

@laurelglenn 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you good video

@thor156x2 7 жыл бұрын

thank you!!

@adamcturnbull 8 жыл бұрын

Great explanation. Thanks. Just what I needed

@randomstuffwithjoe 3 жыл бұрын

Curious.. is there a code for the concrete pad at the bottom? If so, how deep does it typically need to be? Thx

@jackkang4532 8 жыл бұрын

have you any episode on ramp building, in depth on the rise/run especially

@michellerichardson3687 8 жыл бұрын

At which point did you add the lattice? Is the lattice attached behind the stringer, and then the white composite finished piece attached to the stringer?

@surjeetsidhu3010 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks sir🙏

@icgang 3 жыл бұрын

Where did the granite blocks come from on the first riser on your last frame in your video. Hard to see but they look like they are obstructing the first steps riser. Or are the tops of the blocks at grounds level?

@zaneyone1 7 жыл бұрын

You showed how to cut off the bottom of the stringer for the height of the tread boards, but you never mentioned how to adjust for the thickness of the riser white board thickness. Am I missing something? Do you attach the risers boards first, or the treads? I keep watching videos but I see both and I am confused to which one I should do.

@lwblack64 10 жыл бұрын

When boxing in around the riser, do you first attach the riser plate or the run plate? It seems I have seen it done both ways but nobody has bothered to explain the (dis)advantages of doing it either way.

@dayavithanage2658 Жыл бұрын

I am planning to build a wooden stair consisting of 12 treads to reach the front of a wooden balcony. Unfortunately, the foot of the stairs going to rest on a ground-level deck which is approximately 800mm above the solid ground. Stringer bases are perpendicular to decking timber and there is a joist running across underneath both of the bases of the stringers. Since this does not seems to be strong enough, how do I reinforce the deck for the stringers to stand on?

@tomshehadi8758 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have any videos on railings

@stevenclark6662 4 жыл бұрын

How about if I'm trying to attach steps/stairs to my house (with hardiplank), not a deck? We removed the deck and we need to step down onto our new rock patio 😅

@josephland34 11 жыл бұрын

Are those landscaping rocks in front of the steps?

@accuracynut8199 4 жыл бұрын

If the first step is flush with the bottom of a door do you have to subtract that when you measure your height?

@martinblouin3639 8 жыл бұрын

if i have a concrete base, i need to take off how much it rise from the ground from the bottom stringer too right?

@oktbas9197 4 жыл бұрын

İn my backyard there is a paved area 16fx20f l'm thinking to build a deck over about 6 inches high. Can l do it without moving the pavers for digging holes to post or l can just build it over paving. What would you recommend? Thank you

@pedzis 3 жыл бұрын

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@fit_by_fifty 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. I still don't think I could build stairs though

@richardkaufmann5270 7 жыл бұрын

How do I figure out the angle to attach my stringer to the face of the deck?

@x2malandy 6 жыл бұрын

John, @ 3:19 you showed a composite board that never needs painting that gets attached to the side of the stringers. I am having problems getting the building materials people to understand what I am asking for. I used 2 x 12 for my stringers. Could you tell me 1 more time what to ask for please. Thanks.

@seansurfn2 5 жыл бұрын

4 point... whatever! so precise!

@seanspawn7805 4 жыл бұрын

You never mentioned the dimensions of the piece you turned into a stringer nor its description. Was it a 5 by 2 or a 6 by 2 ordinary or treated pine, was it rough or planed, etc. What do I ask the guy or gal at the store for?

@robintioke9017 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@Meechka 3 жыл бұрын

what size piece of lumber did you start with?

@Drdavthomp 4 жыл бұрын

Can you explain the “concrete haunch”?

@robsarcheryworld9679 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@nickmayhew9722 7 жыл бұрын

Are you from Mass?

@warrenranstrom4462 2 жыл бұрын

Can I use precut stringers?

@user-ys6sq4sv3e 11 ай бұрын

How do i figure out a stringer for a total unit rise of 24.5 inches. i want a 1/2 overhang. can't seem to get the math correct. For the number of steps.

@fudgedogbannana 10 жыл бұрын

Yo John da builder, what is the smallest size stringer that I can use and still be safe, (stairs to tree house, I wanna use 2x6 maybe 2x8 if I have to)

@jpoirier690 5 жыл бұрын

Neither

@christopherl.morris1791 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. But what if the ground you are landing on from the last step is sloping? In all the videos its assumed you are stepping onto level ground.

@Drckarvo 4 жыл бұрын

Then level the ground where feet of stairs would land.

@dennisrobbins458 2 жыл бұрын

I'm learning this stuff from videos, untill this video I could not see or Invision the stair riser untill you laid it on top,

@joemcdonough8830 8 жыл бұрын

How wide do I do my steps if I want a 48" step and the post are inside the risers?

@seanspawn7805 4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? Do them 48" and the ones your posts are a part of make them 48" less the thickness of the two posts. You mean on the inside of the stringers.

@Bakii41 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video John, thanks for the tips! This will definitely be my next project! I found some similar plans for this the other day when I typed "drgood life woodworking journey" in Google and there were some pretty cool stuff and ideas!

@guitar.knackshack2210 Жыл бұрын

why is your top step less rise than the other steps? you need to subtract the tread width on your 1st bottom step 🙂

@programmerm5907 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. No B.S.

@themechanic4222 4 жыл бұрын

If my rise 51” how many steps would be ?? 51 divide by 7= 7.28 so my rise is 7.28 ? Could I make it 7.50 ?

@littleredjetta1 9 жыл бұрын

I didn't understand how you went from cutting stringers with 4 treads to the attaching stringers with only 3 treads. Did I miss something?

@jerrywooton9907 6 жыл бұрын

David Freitas he divided it by the amount of steps the top step to the deck counts as a step

@nofurtherwest3474 6 жыл бұрын

Lol just noticed that. Yeah looks like they switched

@jhingfavila8951 6 жыл бұрын

What size of the wood ( stinger)

@gabrielgonzales8163 3 жыл бұрын

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@vasyayatsenko9427 5 жыл бұрын

It's good to see the woodprix has new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.

@gabrielgonzales8163 3 жыл бұрын

El ranchero Buena construccion Casas

@frankjames1955 10 жыл бұрын

doesnt explain how ya get the cut angles at ends that attach to deck and ground

@lydonreference507 8 жыл бұрын

Also wan't very clear on how to attach the stairs to the deck...

@gonzalezsax4129 5 жыл бұрын

@@lydonreference507 screws

@fxdwings 10 жыл бұрын

How do I attach my stairs to concrete porch?

@seanspawn7805 4 жыл бұрын

Come down about an inch and a half to 2 inches from the top of your stringer, drill a pilot hole for a no. 6 screw either dead level or with a slight downward slant, hold your stringer firmly in place, change your drill bit to a masonry bit, click your drill to hammer action and drill into the concrete. The rule of thumb is for length or screw, 1 third in wood and 2 thirds in the concrete. Remember gravity will keep your stairs in place, you just don't want them rattling about as you and your judges clamber up and down on them. There will be judges.

@wanderinggeri8477 9 ай бұрын

No hangars?

@alexandertorres5452 4 жыл бұрын

The stand code is 7 3/8

@romeliapolly4171 7 жыл бұрын

I made it with woodprix handbooks !

@deckscom 10 жыл бұрын

7.75" is the highest step to code.

@aservant2287 6 жыл бұрын

decks.com where do you live? Here in Michigan the highest rise is 8 1/8. Let me know

@jaydome2424 8 жыл бұрын

hey how can I hang stairs to the 2 floor wooden step

@Canosa612 8 жыл бұрын

4 point.....Whatever. Thanks.

@mcneeseremalf28 7 жыл бұрын

You can learn more about it on WoodPrix website I think.

@bogdankarpovich7695 5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy plans from woodprix.

@nannettebattista3047 5 жыл бұрын

I've found great handbook on woodprix website. Good solutions for everyone I think.

@eviemaddox3038 8 ай бұрын

Animals and debris will get under that porch and be trapped by the closed stairs. It will collect and contribute to rotting out the bottom of the stringers. Ask me how I know. Looks nice, but I'm replacing mine with open risers.

@figueredoruley8050 5 жыл бұрын

I think you can learn more about it on woodprix website.

@schtuke 5 жыл бұрын

6.95" using a Carpenter's Square? In other words, 7" minus a 'c-hair'.

@757warbirds 3 жыл бұрын

61/64 lol

@starrstewart7083 5 жыл бұрын

This time I will use woodprix instructions to make it.

@kaahingaas7888 6 жыл бұрын

oky

@warriorsforfreedom3971 3 жыл бұрын

I just wish the Arabian subtitles weren't in the way of being able to see

@sammfrankss6679 7 жыл бұрын

well better top of finished landing to finished landing, not to the ground under the top landing [deck] but where the bottom of the stairs will land. so now you are going to trap moister between the stringer and facing you are attaching so it can rot faster. even treated lumber will rot in time. wow I don't want jon the builder on or near my home.

@shaw-shawee 7 жыл бұрын

Oh my god ,all you people never tell us the most important thing which is how to cut the stringers where they are attached to the deck and where it sits on the ground. ...