Are you building stairs and need help with the stair design and construction? This section points out all the building codes related to stair design and then helps step-by-step with cutting and building stairs. Ever walk down a poor stair design where the steps were steep or maybe there was an exceptionally big first or last step? It's dangerous. In this section on building stairs and railings, I'll show you how building stairs according to a few rules will ensure your stair design falls within everyone's comfort range.

In addition to building stairs with the correct thread and riser ratio, it's also important that your stair design meets guardrail and railing codes. Building stairs aside, there are many railing strength, size, and spacing requirements. As such, building stairs that work well also means that your stair and railing design incorporates building codes meant to keep small children from slipping through and grown adults from toppling over.

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