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Building Exterior Stairs

Bob meets with the carpenter at the accessible house in Roxbury, Mass. and builds a temporary set of exterior stairs.

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" So what is the plan. OK and initially we set a reference point here because. We don't have a role in. Situation here where we're cut sort of space probe is that a reference point here we wanna and that's just -- temporary two pieces and two by six to encompass and start the steps and I how do you figure out how many steps up you gotta get up here from this existing -- Forcefully check. Total rise. OK and we do that my little longer levels yet that would be the height that you have to arise from the existing grade grade doubted confident that the top of -- deck we've already built the Willamette -- from the granite. Write them -- there to hold this level to rule that bottom level which is going to -- inches. That's nice and we want to get a comfortable tread gap and nail comfortable -- so we. Isn't there a kind of a rule of thumb in terms of the Horatio. Leon. They've told told friends and you know what riser than you play yet if cynic would mean point point point fire right. And easily go by that little -- we'll look comfortable staying here also kind of a 7-Eleven ratio is a good idea sighs not seven minute you go up seven inches you go across eleven inches most guys fields and on and -- Varies so you're just gonna build a stringers out of scrap lumber right that's right. And we'll had a rise up total -- an incline and change so. We're going to write seven -- to finally -- five so we know we -- right and what we're going to lose that deck. As one -- okay okay. But we're gonna we have now and we want to set stand button and missile system and on the other side of this plank so that we -- equipment. Don't get. Clear stock this is. I cut off and these are stair buttons how to use them -- wasn't -- that a reference points don't. You don't want I'll variation you don't want them in Boston you can have a recreation in this landing on the morning -- sixteen fully and right now I have to -- you vote if -- if we got that top buttons on our -- reference points will keep them -- OK so we're going -- the framing square with one -- that's -- long long long standing tensions. Yeah. And we got along you know going. -- wasn't. Eleven inches really Trenton. And then you just place this along the address -- place this on the edge of the board. Don't you want to make sure you moved it far enough along that you can get another tread on -- after the news Lynn. Prove that. I abolish I had all this thing that -- OK so -- us. Looks a -- here. It'll be first. Then we come down to the next one. Right on the line. And it's been a little. This reproduce this all the way down. Until we get. A number of the quiet life. All right then we'll make all of our. Risers cuts first and -- tread capsules don't. It might look a little message across cross over the cuts like that but because these are just temporary. I don't it really doesn't matter. And then this last cut is just. A notch to set up against that two by six it's on the ground. OK up. I don't sit in like that now we'll use this is a template to cut to -- toward you greatest threat. All right get three of notched at this and then down at the other end. Arnold just checking in some strips of metal this is just the banding of metal it's used done to back or lifts they come from Columbia right. So again this is temporary stuff so we're using some temporary measure I. And the not -- goes up against back -- bottom. Two by six. And at the top you've got a reference line -- problem. OK get a couple of nails in the and steps -- going to be 36 points and why don't so. Just put the middle one. At the eighteen inch mark. And that right there. OK and then this one is that the 36 inch watch it. OK so there -- a couple of more tax -- but we'll just about ready for. Residency -- cut them off -- And these neurologist temporary tread so we're just using plywood. But. -- wooten and so just use the screw gun and put some screws on this but otherwise we got a pretty safe. A set of stairs just in case the mayor decides to come in the back door."

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