Attaching Deck Stairs

Tack the skirts to the rim with 3 in.

Attaching deck stairs.

Then screw through the back of the deck rim into the skirts with three more deck. The final stage in building your deck is likely going to be when you connect the stairs to the deck. There won t be a toe kick at this point of the stairs. He provides a simple and stout detail for attaching the stairs to the deck using readily available metal framing hardware.

Every set of stairs has to be connected to the deck somehow. Learn how to safely install ledgers the primary connection between deck and house plus beams joists guardrail posts and stairs in this 5 part deck building video series. At the bottom step subtract the thickness of a tread from the rise and mark a line perpendicular to the rise. If the stair width is 36 cut treads 38.

Critical deck framing connections part 1. When i mount stairs to the rim joist that closes off the end of the floor joists i use simpson strong tie dtt2z deck tension tie hardware to secure the rim to the joists near the two outside stringers. Push one tread against the back of the stringer center and fasten with two 3 galvanized deck screws per side. Attach the skirt boards to the rim joist.

Most deck stairs are cobbled onto the deck as afterthoughts. This line indicates where the stairs attach to the deck. It is not always done the same way. 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.

Veteran carpenter mike guertin explains the loads and codes applying to deck stair connections. Cut stair treads so that they overlap the stringers by about 1 on both sides. Attaching stairs to a deck. When the treads are installed this cut.

This is a cut line to allow you to shift the entire set of stairs down. Stairs that attach to the rim joist at the outside edge of a deck will probably overload the joist.