Expert DIYer April Wilkerson builds a large outdoor staircase with rails and stringers for safe, attractive access.

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.

I need to build some simple outdoor steps to replace ones that fell apart and rotted (even though they were made with treated lumber). I’m fairly handy and have a decent grasp of the math but would ...

Simple stairs have just two components. The flat board that your foot steps on is called a tread. The treads connect to side stringers and sometimes to one that is in the middle of the stairs. The ...