Stair Design
Stairwell Measurements
This article is Part 2 of our guide Stairs: Taking Sizes. It focuses on the importance of the on site measurements, and how to do that accurately and easily. Here’s a link…
How to Measure Stairs
This article focuses on how to measure stairs, and forms Part 1 of our guide Stairs: Taking Sizes. There’s a link to Part 2 at the bottom of the page. Introduction One…
Using wedges in stair building
The use of wedges in stair construction is commonplace in many countries but mainly those with an Anglo-Saxon heritage like the UK, US and Canada. A key goal in stair building is…
Christmas woodwork videos, and a great marketing idea for 2019
A very Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate the festivities. If you don’t, we hope you’ve got some time off and wish you a peaceful and happy time with friends…
Stair calculator project walk through
Designing and manufacturing a staircase can be one of the trickiest tasks in woodwork. However, if you use a 3D stair calculator you can speed up the process massively and at the…
Stair Design in 7 Easy Steps
Part of our ‘Staircase Basics’ Guide Previous Page | Next Page | Contents Let’s assume now you’ve had time to download StairDesigner, watch our starter series of videos and test it out….
How to Extend Step and Riser Housings
Sometimes it’s useful to be able to extend the step and/or the riser recesses in a boxed string beyond the limits of the string. This tutorials shows you how. Extending the housings…
Using the Rising Angle to Calculate a Stair
How to use StairDesigner to calculate a stair for a given angle rather than a given flight length. 1. Calculating the approximate stair length Open a new stair and in the Stairwell…