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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

For more than fifty years, Construction Specialties has led the way in solving challenges created by building movement. After working with industry experts and structural engineers across the country, ...

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 ...

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.