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Quick and Sturdy Stair Attachment

Coastal Contractor

November 2009
by Mark Hansen
Nailed-on steel straps make a bomb-proof connection.

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Quick and Sturdy Stair Attachment Nailed-on steel straps make a bomb-proof connection by Mark Hansen My dad was a deck builder, and I remember going with him to job sites as a kid. I dug holes, screwed down decking, and stained decks while he spent his time on the layout and the stairs. To fasten stairs to a deck, he would screw blocking between the stair jacks (or stringers), then nail the blocking to the deck framing with 16d nails - no hardware at all. Of course, for there to be any meat left to the stringers, the top tread

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