My daughter has a 10 x 12 ft deck off of her bedroom that has railings all the way around and no steps to the back yard. I want to add some steps, and this leads to my question.
I want to build the steps (and risers) instead of buying them pre-cut.
Here are the dimensions:
30 inches ground to deck, floor level.
42 inches wide, so that rails can be added to the sides and allow at least 36 inches for future of moving things into and out of the house from the back side.
I know that I will need 3 stringers on 12 inch boards.
Tread/steps - I am not sure of 8 inch or 10 inch treads
MY CONCERN (and I know that I am doing this backwards) is the ANGLE. What is the general angles of the risers to the decking? At first I thought 45° and then realized that would be too steep. What is a good angle for decking steps? 30°, 35°?
I will adjust the tread depth/width and riser after I get my angle set. Does this make sense?
It will be three weeks before I do this, but I like to have the figures in my head visualized before starting.
I want to build the steps (and risers) instead of buying them pre-cut.
Here are the dimensions:
30 inches ground to deck, floor level.
42 inches wide, so that rails can be added to the sides and allow at least 36 inches for future of moving things into and out of the house from the back side.
I know that I will need 3 stringers on 12 inch boards.
Tread/steps - I am not sure of 8 inch or 10 inch treads
MY CONCERN (and I know that I am doing this backwards) is the ANGLE. What is the general angles of the risers to the decking? At first I thought 45° and then realized that would be too steep. What is a good angle for decking steps? 30°, 35°?
I will adjust the tread depth/width and riser after I get my angle set. Does this make sense?
It will be three weeks before I do this, but I like to have the figures in my head visualized before starting.
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