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Default Basic stairway 'adjustment'

On Jul 9, 8:38*am, Borrall Wonnell wrote:
On Jul 9, 12:53*pm, Harry K wrote:

On Jul 9, 3:19*am, Borrall Wonnell wrote:


Stairs with one odd riser are dangerous. *That riser is known as a
"tripper" for very good reasons. *My BIL built a log house in Canada
back when and due to logs shrinking as they dry, the second floor kept
lowering. *He had a 'tripper' in the stairs and even knowing it was
there I would stumble on it.


Agreed, I'm convinced. *By the time the finished flooring is
installed, it'll be more like 1.5" difference. *A definite 'tripper'.
I'm still thinking about that landing idea though...in which case I've
got a lot more to worry about than building a couple of stringers.

Best to redo the stringers. *The math and layout involved are not that
bad - check out a carpentry book and read up on it.


The math isn't my concern...it's my skill with a saw! *


Heh I learned from a respected engineer this that applies to cutting
two stringers:

"It is a simple project to make one thing alike. The problem is
making two things alike" . I lay out one, cut it and then use that
as a pattern for the second. The sawing is not a "millimeter
accuracy" thing - close will do.

Harry K
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