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   BossHog | May 31, 2002 08:10pm | #1

   I've heard of "hip swingers", but not "hip stringers".

   Is that like a regular stringer, but it's really cool????

   For my birthday I got a humidifier and a dehumidifier. I put them in the same room and watch them fight it out.

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   Piffin | Jun 01, 2002 06:22am | #2

   If I comprehend you, you want a landing at the corner. Each stringer you now have will serve as a pattern to cut the other stringers. The lower set will lead up to the landing and the upper set will run up to the deck.

   Excellence is its own reward!
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   OneofmanyBobs | Jun 01, 2002 01:08pm | #3

   You must have a landing whose length is 36" minimum

   (check code in your area). Can't simply miter two

   sets of stairs at 90 degrees. You need a post or two

   to support the landing and hence the lower run of stairs.

   You could do a radius on the stair and make it bend 90

   degrees. Rather difficult, especially for an exterior stair.

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   cwpp1 | Jun 01, 2002 03:18pm | #4

   CHS045:

   Are you trying to turn a 90 degree on your steps without a landing? If so you need an outside post and a very very good carpenter.

   Charlie

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   BKCBUILDER | Jun 01, 2002 03:40pm | #5

    Yes you need a hip stringer. Just one though. Cut it after you have built one side, leave your treads loose so you can measure and adjust your cut.

     I don't think they know what you are trying to do... I do.

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   CHS045 | Jun 01, 2002 04:24pm | #6

   Thanks Keith,

   Scribing the hip with the treads was the answer. I kept trying to work the framing

   square.

   CHS045