Darrin, I would love to have used the pre-cut stringers, but there were a couple of issues.
Firstly, I couldn't find full length stringers at my local Lowes. They only had six steps, I think was the longest. I didn't feel like having to connect them together to make them long enough. Secondly, I could only find treated lumber stringers, and Teresa didn't want any more treated lumber than was necessary. Let's not get into it here. Lastly, and most importantly, I was very constrained to a fairly steep slope if you didn't want to smash your head on a header on your way down the stairs. The pre-cut stringers are cut with a much more reasonable slope which would have been too shallow for my constraints. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081
