DEAR TIM: I read your recent column about building stairs for a deck. I can handle that, but I’m worried about how to make all the complex cuts required for the deck stair railing. Can you give me a ...

This is key for how to build stair railing. In this article we'll walk you through this and other best practices for how to ...

I feel it’s important for you to understand the structure of a set of stairs before you get out your saw and framing square.

To lay out a set of stair stringers from scratch requires a little math, but not much. Equally important is some quiet time to run the numbers and at the same time to think about the construction ...