The homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres strengthen stair framing by applying midspan beam reinforcement techniques for improved ...

You may be like most folks. I’m guessing you give very little thought to the stairs you go up and down on a regular basis. They might be constructed from wood, steel, or concrete. The vast majority of ...

You probably give little thought to the stairs you go up or down to reach different levels of your home, deck or patio. I’ll wager that if I handed you a measuring tape, a framing square, a pencil and ...

The homesteaders at Mason Dixon Acres use a stair gauge alternative to speed up framing work while maintaining high accuracy.

To lay out a set of stair stringers from scratch requires a little math, but not much. Equally important is some quiet time to run the numbers and at the same time to think about the construction ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the second installment of Pink Brownstone, a reader restoration diary. Brownstoner is delighted to publish this ongoing saga of DIY restoration of a brownstone in Bed Stuy.

Q: I would like some advice about what to do about the wood steps of our Victorian home. We have had to paint them every year, even after having them professionally prepped and painted. The paint ...

You need a framing square, a circular saw, a router, and a wood chisel to make perfect mortises. For the sake of discussion, let’s say you’re building a simple set of stairs for a deck, basement ...

You probably give little thought to the stairs you go up or down to reach different levels of your home, deck or patio. I’ll wager that if I handed you a measuring tape, a framing square, a pencil and ...