Checking Stringers for 90° (Photo: Glen Gehrkens)

Lakeside Staircase: Cut Stair Stringers

Today we return to Rosslyn’s waterfront for another installment on the slow-and-steady lakeside staircase rehab. Glen and Tony have begun to cut stair stringers, the structural underpinnings that underpin a stout repair to the most needy element of the previous build.

Tony Cutting Stair Stringers (Photo: Glen Gehrkens)
Tony Cutting Stair Stringers (Photo: Glen Gehrkens)

If you missed the previous installments, you may want to start out with these:

Or catch up later!

Checking Stringers for 90° (Photo: Tony Foster)
Checking Stringers for 90° (Photo: Tony Foster)

Templating off the old rotten stringers, Glen and Tony have identically cloned the existing conditions, fine tuning the rise (riser) and run (tread) dimensions and ensuring a precise 90° angle where the two meet.

Essential Stringers Tool (Photo: Glen Gehrkens)
Essential Stringers Tool (Photo: Glen Gehrkens)

A framing square, patience, and plenty of double- and triple-checking later, they’ve completed the new template and started the fabricate run. Stay tuned for progress updates!

Two Stringers Complete (Photo: Tony Foster)
Two Stringers Complete (Photo: Tony Foster)

Thank you, gentlemen!


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