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Building a Deck Stairway
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" So rob what's the distance from the finished grade to the finished top of the deck out here 48 inches OK and so how do you figure out how many steps you're going to happen in -- So comes in between seven and a half and eight inches will be lamm. Eight inch rise. And a nine and a half inch tread and a half -- trend. To conserve material cut this sort of correct size -- my full mahogany deck and three equal pieces you have three pieces and a little bit of spacing in between them. Give us almost eleven inches yeah and then when you're dressing. The risers that -- the kick board like this right correct that sits right on comment on men as on nine and a half. -- strainer and as a kitten as a little overhang to make it look nice. Now why don't you just put your your framing square way at the end of this piece of would. All right we're looking at the top step out of this area read it appears all right starts -- him emergencies yeah. OK so now we're ready to cut. Now do you set your blade at the exact width of the stringer material. Not leave it full depth cause it'll make closer to a full cut on the other side that we'll have less of a hand cut to mix right I don't disaster exactly you don't want to go beyond this point -- your blade but anyway we'll watch go ahead -- This will be the top where it actually gets attached to the deck right."
" That's why we have this little notch here so we -- by the thickness salute to enjoy some of that we -- them. --"
" I'll be here right and now won't cut in the other direction to get he. -- my risers risers -- OK so by putting these up against the stringers -- you making sure that none of them get crooked on you. Correct all right and you've also fit one of the pieces of tread underneath the riser of before you go any further yeah this kind of pain and acting and under there at excellence and an apparent -- element flex."
" And these will be fastened at the same nailers correct special skills and just."
" Nice job tell us the beautiful mahogany. "