If there’s anyone here who knows about stairs maybe you can help. I am trying to squeeze a new code compliant staircase into our home in order that we can acccess a soon to be converted attic. I have managed to design a stair running parallel to the ceiling joists that will reach the bottom of the ceiling joists at the top of a bearing wall However to reach the finished attic floor i need one more tread and riser. A standard stringer attched to a header on the joists would faciltate the xtra tread and riser but it would mean breaking through the ceiling of the adjoining hallway (on the other side of the bearing wall).
To avoid this can I attach the stinger to the top the bearing wall and then support the final tread and riser between the 6×2 joists with metal hangers or some other suitable support?
any suggestions/help greatly appreciated
Luke
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I don't see why not (although that doesn't mean someone won't post a spanking for me in the next 5 minutes). There's nothing that requires all of the treads and risers to be attached to the same stringers. A lot of stairs have the top riser attached to the floor framing or something else. The concern I would have is for the major cuts you need to make in the ceiling joists to create the stairwell opening--those joists may be under tension. Have you checked this out?
Sounds good.
There is a stair opening that already exists............it just isn't wide enough at the moment. The current joists are 2x6 and are going to be reinforced to provide the new floor. The main question is whether i can support a tread between the doubled up joists. It seems perfectly feasable..............I hope.