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 How
To Build Stairs...
Tools...
If you want to do any job right, such as stair
building, you need the right tools... more than
tools to make and assemble, but tools to calculate
and draw for the design phase, and information
tools to help keep you on the straight and narrow
path to success of accomplishing your dream.
If you want a very good guide to carry around with
you for each step of the process, you might try
Stairs
: The Best of Fine Homebuilding. This book
brings together 30 articles from the back issues of
Fine Homebuilding magazine. Written by
master craftsmen, architects and engineers about
their own work, these articles will guide you
through projects ranging from straight and simple
to curved and complex ones. When you go to the link
above, you might look at the list of other books
which may be of help to you.
If you use Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000, you may
wish to check out 3D
Home Architect Deluxe 4.0. This is a
low cost drafting program to help with those
complex calculations for stair building, in
particular, those with curves.
For a straight staircase, there is a simple
calculator available online. Give
it a try if you like.
You can also, of course, use it for designing other
rooms to add to your existing house, or even design
an entire house if you like. It won't replace the
services of an architect or architectural designer.
But it sure will help with the dimensions you need
for your stairway.
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