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Building Wooden Stairs in the Front Hall

Interior carpenter John Kiley is hard at work on the staircase in the front hall. The pre-cut risers have already been hung, and he's measured the rise and the run of the stairs. Kiley hangs the poplar stringers, which have been plowed to receive the treads. Kiley applies a bead of glue to the back, and then screws them in from behind. Once the stringers are attached, the whole staircase is ready to slide into place. Next, the treads are attached. Kiley uses a construction adhesive between the stringers and the bottom of the tread and carpenter's glue along the edge of the stringers. The treads are placed on top and nailed into the riser from above and then screwed with 1-1/4-inch screws from the back. The final step is to insert wedges underneath to insure the staircase remains sturdy.

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" John you've got a different approach to building the finish end of the staircase yes you are confronted with some stringers that someone else cut correct and you've got to deliver a product that isn't gonna squeak. And it's gonna what's your approach -- approaches they they get the rise and the run. Rises -- arises -- that we're rising up to the second floor how many feet V ten -- 110 inches off. In nine and sixteen inches to the land that we're traveling laterally. From the first step to the landing -- sixteen inches that dimension what does that translate to in intense be translated into there'll be thirteen steps in -- being trusting nine inches didn't. And the rise of the you'll be fourteen of those and they come this particular set of stairs came out to 77 -- And you have to have it between seven no higher than eight in the corner code does not let you have a rise that's higher than eight and never finished step from step to step. OK but show us what you've already started uses that we can understand your approach well fight. Cut everything out myself. -- precut pre cut the skirts and the risers and the -- those dimensions I gave you. And then I this is all been plowed. And this is the clouds are receding VC to trip the threats that. And then I know pre drilled some holes in the back. -- screw from the back this is these of pre -- soil school went for a this Europe. And then -- listen to this side now this particular item here is set up like that because. The result skin side yet brought about this is there. Tread bracket they call these tread bracket that they'll go and could that it. Brightness. A template of one right yes well this'll know exactly what do well -- will look like this. All right well let's watch you put some of these together is the objective is to assemble all of this and then when you Denny's slighted insulating your place. Bible here. Want to back this one. And replace. No I already have a line marked so in the words and stuff."

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" And that's basically announcing once and an excellent. All right so John you've got them all fastened what's the next step now except -- the slide the whole set of stairs into the place where it's going to stick topic of the yard going to help you're just gonna go easily. Ha ha nothing to it and then yes. And then the nailing you don't actually nail anything on the front of the stringers -- just be nailing the skirts the skirts OK."

" All right so all of the risers are in place now and they are made out of poplar. Which -- good strong and stable wood. The treads are made out of oak which will last for many many years and she we've got a Rabbet here on the backside of it which corresponds with the backside of the stringer and of course the front of each tread has a bullnose cut into it. And you're using construction adhesive and then carpenter's glue bond well. The carpenter's glue goes on the poplar and on the on the back. So that it basically works. With. Wood on wood -- the construction adhesive is working between the stringer wood and the bottom. Of the -- we have. Very very nice beautiful nice -- John."

" We'll -- all the -- so I can nail here and hit. From the riser so he's gonna go right into this the riser with a couple of annuals. Place. Mr. cornice rules. -- The fact that right now."

" All right so what we've gotten out -- wedges that are just cut to fit underneath. These threats that you can't see that because he's really sticking his hand and it is there much of a gap. About a quarter inch yes we need them in the and you got your adhesive there is that once the adhesive sets us there's a very rigid their thick case."

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