1 – He stresses the importance of construction materials and indicates that you should find stair building material that is free of knots and and voids so that stairs will not crack down the road. He states that lumberyards carry stock specifically for building stairs.

2 – He stresses quality construction when it comes to building stairs. Apparently, many builders cover the stairs with carpet to hide imperfections and poor construction. He implies that builders shouldn’t assume that no one will see the finished product.

3 – He actually cites to and uses building codes requiring a riser height of 7 3/4 and a run of 10 inches.

4 – He emphasizes the need to account for proper headroom when building stairs. I haven’t seen this emphasized to this degree on other sites.

5 – When cutting the stringers, he warns that cutting beyond your marked layout lines will actually weaken your stringers. Nice tip!

6 – He emphasized checking all of your work after putting the stair stringers in place and before further build out.

7 – He states that you can’t learn all you need to about stair building in one article – good point!

8 – He suggests predrilling your holes and sealing the underside of your stairs to prevent squeaking.

9 – He suggests a free stair stringer calculator but I suggest looking into a pay alternative at this stair building site.