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 ...

Single-stair building code reforms are spreading as states and cities seek more small multifamily housing while maintaining ...

BOWERSTON, OHIO – Building industry professionals eager to upgrade the look of an interior stairway can now employ Reversible Stair Risers from L. J. Smith Stair Systems. The new risers feature a ...

SILT – Ed Puckett says building boats is a lot like building spiral staircases. “Both of them have curves,” said Puckett, owner of Mountain Stair and Trim Manufacturing, based in a 4,000-square-foot ...

Firefighters and builders are at odds over a new-to-Rhode Island corner of the housing-affordability debate: stairs. Citing the spiraling cost of construction, a group of developers and urbanists ...

California weighs single-stair apartments above three stories, aiming to address housing costs and urban infill challenges.

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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. It was in the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico.