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Stringer for stairs
Hi all.
Going to replace my stairs. Mine are bog standard 13 treads and risers in an old terraced house. I fancy the cut stringer style but I should think the stringer would need be thicker than for the closed style stringer. Anyone know the 'rule' on this? Thanks. Arthur |
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Stringer for stairs
There's no particular rule of thumb for sizing stair stringers/
carriages/housings that I'm aware of. However you presumably have a current housed stair to use for comparison purposes - so sizing the narrowest part of a cut-carriage to equal the depth of the housing should work. Otherwise you could use the floor joist tables from the Building Regs to give you a ballpark figure for narrowest point on a cut-carriage. Are you planning open risers and is that your motivation for changing the design? Be aware Building Regulations has quite a bit to say on stair design. I'd recommend either one of the general joinery textbooks that cover stairs (e.g. Porter & Rose) or "Basic Stairbuilding" - Scott Schuttner http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carpentry-Jo...3562894&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carpentry-Jo...3562894&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Basic-Stairb...3562969&sr=1-3 |
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