Total height of low level ground level deck.
Attaching deck stairs to ground.
He provides a simple and stout detail for attaching the stairs to the deck using readily available metal framing hardware.
Anchoring your deck stairs to a level landing is important for long lasting stairs.
Most deck stairs are cobbled onto the deck as afterthoughts.
If your deck is anchored to the ground using footings then do the same for your steps.
The result will be the number of steps the staircase will need e g deck is 112 from the ground.
Notch out the bottom front of the.
You should reinforce the rim behind the stairs to provide a solid base for attachment.
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The ground may qualify if it meets the requirements.
Below are steps to create a base if needed.
Attaching them will make your stairs highly susceptible to frost heaves or other ground movement and potentially compromise the integrity of your stair structure.
Rather am considering the use of continuous threaded rod with blocking.
Attaching stairs to a deck.
My plan was to pour concrete footings then run doubled up 2x8 beams setting on the footings.
When attaching stair stringers use a level to draw two plumb lines to mark the left and right positions for the skirts and horizontal lines to mark the top tread location.
Laying out attaching deck stair stringers how you attach the stair stringers to the top of the deck and to any landings will be critical.
I am building a 10 x12 deck not attached to a ledger board.
Tack the skirts to the rim with 3 in.
Round up to get 15 steps.
Then screw through the back of the deck rim into the skirts with three more deck screws.
Your deck stairs are part of your overall deck structure.
Any advice or thoughts would be appreciated.
To calculate the actual rise height divide the height in inches by the number of stairs determined in the last step.
John august 29 2017.
Veteran carpenter mike guertin explains the loads and codes applying to deck stair connections.
One is 5 ft wide and the other 6ft.