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- 0:04–0:30 Measure Total Rise
From How to Measure Stair Rise and Run, Step 1: Determine Total Rise
Begin by accurately measuring the total vertical rise that the staircase needs to cover. This measurement should be taken from the top of the finished lower floor to the top of the finished upper floor. If the finished flooring on the upper level is not yet installed, measure to the top of the subfloor and add the anticipated thickness of the finished flooring (e.g., 2 inches as mentioned in the video for future boards). This overall height is crucial for calculating consistent step dimensions.
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0:01 in this video I'm going to show you how to make some super simple stringers for stairs the first step is to measure from a finished surface to a finished surface so if you didn't have that flooring up there yet you would just measure from the finished surface to what the finished surface will be in the future those boards are 2 in thick so you would add 2 in to the joist hangers finish surface to finish surface in this case it's 85.5 in so take the 85.5 in and take a guess is 10 stairs good divide 10 into 85.5 and you want to find a rise that is close to seven and it's good to have a run that's close to 11 7 and 11 across
0:47 the board is a pretty good setup for staircase it's a comfortable rise and run so do the math until you work it out so that it's close to seven for a rise 11 for a run I know I'm going to discard this piece so I'm going to cut a straight line 90° then 11 in I marked here 7.7 here I'll cut this and I'll make a jig if you want to be absolutely sure you don't waste any wood start halfway on The Jig like this right at the tip there and that way you'll make use of every bit of the board that's possible for the bottom of the stairs just rotate The Jig big make it square and draw your line here remember to remove the depth
1:36 of the board in this case 2 in this part will rest on the already finished floor the result will be identical risers on the entire staircase good that's a yeah that's how you do it
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