Making A Single Wooden Step

Line your 2 6 board cut to length evenly along the front straight edge.

Making a single wooden step.

I reccomend you take some graph paper and a pencil and sketch out how to fit all of these parts onto. Build your top step as you would for a single step. Single step stairs step 1. Use a saw tape measure and pencil or marker to mark the length of the wood you are using for the step.

Add decking on top of your frame. The single step will be like a very small floating deck placed on the existing concrete and not attached to anything. Take a pencil and mark up your plywood all the pieces on your board. All you need to complete this easy project are a.

Push the square against one edge of the stringer board tight against the. Once you know how many steps you ll need compile a list of materials. Next calculate the number of steps you will need allowing a 7 inch rise for each. Lay the framing square on the wood such that the step cutout is as small as possible and saves the maximum wood behind it.

Our brackets came with the required hardware so we simply had to drill some screws and washers into the board. Measure for wooden steps measure the width of the door opening and the height from the top step to ground level. Cut a board for this deck a 2 x 8 the width of the steps to support the stringers below the rim or end joist. Double box step build your bottom step twice as wide as a single step.

Merely a rectangular frame with supporting beams running perpendicular to the length of the frame then boards placed on top. Use pieces of the same 2 x lumber to attach the board against the bottom edge of the joist. Make sure they all fit don t. Step 2 step 3.

For example if you are making a step that is six inches in height six inches in depth and then inches horizontally you will need to cut two pieces of lumber six inches in length and six inches in height and another two that are ten inches in length and six inches in height to create the frame.