Whether you need to build three steps up to a deck or a full flight to your second floor, this video excerpt from the DVD Basic Stairbuilding with Scott Schuttner takes the guesswork out of going up and down. Schuttner shows how to build two common staircases: a straight-run stair with plywood treads and risers and an L-shaped stair with housed oak treads and risers.
The code requires installing an approved material to slow the spread of fire between floors and adjacent vertical and horizontal cavities — here are the allowed materials and required locations.
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