Howd i do? Cut it completely freehand. Its hard to tell but theres a slab under the bottom plate.
Whats crazy is whoever built the deck didnt attach it to the joist but a 1x3 trim that held the little "decorative" siding piece...
Replaced tenants stairs
>Cut it completely freehand
Freehand meaning what, you didn't follow a straight edge?
Circular saw, no jig or anything
Tbh i plan on gutting the entire deck in a couple years so its temporary.
I bought gravel and compacted it as best i can. Its hard to tell but the bottom plate is sitting on a slab, its making good contact other than the end
I used pic related and used joist nails to attach it. Also used deck screws and toe nailed (screwed) them in to the joist.
>no jig or anything
Not shitting on you or anything, but I don't think anyone uses a jig for that
Pretty much. All you'd really need for that is a tape measure and a speed square.
Last time I did stringers for 8 steps, I picked up a pre-cut three step piece to use as a template. It was nice. No thinking required.
did you have to seal that wood at all?
What is it sitting on? If that's concrete it's fine, but if that's sand it's no good as it's just going to erode away with rain.
It's pressure treated, it will be fine for a while, maybe 8-10 years.
Seconding this. You need to put another support board under the back of the stringer. Just having it supported under the front puts a ton of stress at the narrowest point of the stringer, at the back of the lower tread.
no you don't....
the only thing that matters is it needs to be attached nicely to whatever deck is there
Don't see any nails into the stringer, didn't use brackets
It's decent enough, normally you go 2x thicker joists than the landings but it's so short you could get away with plywood here. Also free hand isn't a bad idea for steps, it's fast and you're bound to have sloping which will prevent water pooling. Just don't paint the fricker.
Pressure treated lumber for the frame and composite for the surface is the way to do it. That stuff lasts forever. My deck is 15 years old and the only damage on it is holes from a rogue woodpecker. It's more expensive upfront but it's cheaper in the long run because you build it once and never have to mess with it again.
Those runners should lay flat on the concrete. It's fine, but what I would do is get another piece of wood to fill in the rest at the bottom because eventually it will split right at the first riser where there's nothing under it. Couple shingles under it to prevent it from wicking might be nice too if you have any on hand.
I don't know if you live in a desert perhaps in which case it would be fine, but in a wet environment I would put asphalt or something across that because water would sit on it and rot it or freeze and in about two years your tenant would be suing you for a broken ankle.
Add a railing
Code says i dont need a railing if its under 30 inch. Total rise plus tread is only 22 inches
Railings aren't required unless there's more than a 30" height difference.
Wish i took better pics before i gutted the old ones.
Whoever installed them used nongalvinized nails and cheap non galv joist hangers. And nailed it to a non pressure treated 1x3 pine board trim. Im surprised it didnt collapse and hurt the mailman. I wiggled it free with my pointer finger.
Dont get me wrong, im moronic but frick man. I dont want to own anything unless i build it myself, buying property really fricked with my trust issues after all the shit ive uncovered.
>buying property really fricked with my trust issues after all the shit ive uncovered
I'm so scared of buying a house man.
>old owner replaced the water heater himself
>copper pipe to steel water heater
>transition fitting still in its box on the ground next to it
>so much corrosion on the union that it looks like a green miniature Elephant's Foot
i'm sure i'll frick up something like that for the next owner too, but goddamn pre-youtube DIY jobs are nightmares more often than not
Dont do it. Build. The amount of spawlling in ne basements ive seen is sad. Not one person has water proofered their stem wall. Its mind blowing these properties actually go up in value.
>buying property really fricked with my trust issues after all the shit ive uncovered.
This is the life lesson about everything. You really don't want to see how the sausage is made.
Since its for a rental property you should probably put in toe kicks.
should put those rubber traction treads on it
wood gets slippery in the winter and every dead beat is hoping for a payout