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Best Joints for Stairs
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Contents Stair parts can be assembled with many different type of joints. The type of joint you choose will depend on several different things. Of key importance is where the stairs will be assembled. Assembling a stair in a workshop is usually very easy compared to assembling…
Read MoreAssembly Details for Stairs
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents Here are some thoughts on how to choose the joints for assembling stair parts. As usual, any suggestions or comments are very welcome. Please post a new thread in the forum with your ideas. Before you design your stairs decide on the…
Read MoreBasic Stair Building Tools
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents If you haven’t built stairs before and you are not a professional carpenter, then it’s a good idea to go through your tool box and see if you have everything you need to complete the job. Let’s take a look at some…
Read MoreStair Design Based on Experience
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents I’ve talked about the minimum experience that you should have to start a stair building project. Using good stair software with a meticulous and methodical mindset should allow you to tackle even quite complex stair building. The important thing to keep in…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Wood Working Experience?
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents The actual building of even a complicated stair is not difficult with StairDesigner’s full size templates, but you will still need some basic woodworking skills and experience. First of all you will need to use measuring tools for the on site measurements…
Read MoreHow to Take Site Measurements
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents Here are my thoughts on the best way to take on site dimensions. If you have any suggestions or better ways for doing this don’t hesitate to let me know. Each stair starts of course, with its dimensions. Taking dimensions seems easy,…
Read MoreStair Builder Top Level Checklist
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents StairDesigner stair software is great for inexperienced stair builders, because it takes the maths and complicated drafting out of stairs. But the way you use StairDesigner to design your stairs should be thought out in the light of several things that will…
Read MoreFirst Steps for Stair Builders
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents For real stair projects it’s good practice to do a little work before opening StairDesigner. Here’s a check list of things that I suggest you do: A lot of this information can be put into StairDesigner as a template before building your…
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