Install Wooden Treads — Assemble the Step Structure

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How to Build Portable Deck Steps · Step 5 of 9

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After risers are installed, position the first wooden tread (a 2x12 pressure-treated board) onto the stringers. Ensure there is an even overhang, typically about half an inch, on both sides of the stringers. Use a combination square to mark a line down the center of each stringer on the tread's surface. These marks will serve as guides for fastening. Using the cordless drill and square head driver, secure the tread to the stringers with weather-resistant stainless steel screws, driving them through the tread into the stringers. Repeat this process for each subsequent tread, maintaining consistent overhang and proper alignment.

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Looking good, okay, now it's time for the treads. This is a spare tread, guys. This is the one we walk out, of course. I want to make sure that the overhang is the same on both sides. It's a two by twelve pressure treated. It should be about a half inch, then. Okay, there's a half inch. Suzanne, if you look check over there. When you guys tell me it's straight, half inch here. Okay, I'll draw a small line here. That's right down the center of the stringer, and then we'll attach this with some more of these stainless steel screws. Good, now we'll do this for each one of these stringers, okay?

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Install Wooden Treads — Assemble the Step Structure

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How to Build Portable Deck Steps · Step 5 of 9

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After risers are installed, position the first wooden tread (a 2x12 pressure-treated board) onto the stringers. Ensure there is an even overhang, typically about half an inch, on both sides of the stringers. Use a combination square to mark a line down the center of each stringer on the tread's surface. These marks will serve as guides for fastening. Using the cordless drill and square head driver, secure the tread to the stringers with weather-resistant stainless steel screws, driving them through the tread into the stringers. Repeat this process for each subsequent tread, maintaining consistent overhang and proper alignment.

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Looking good, okay, now it's time for the treads. This is a spare tread, guys. This is the one we walk out, of course. I want to make sure that the overhang is the same on both sides. It's a two by twelve pressure treated. It should be about a half inch, then. Okay, there's a half inch. Suzanne, if you look check over there. When you guys tell me it's straight, half inch here. Okay, I'll draw a small line here. That's right down the center of the stringer, and then we'll attach this with some more of these stainless steel screws. Good, now we'll do this for each one of these stringers, okay?

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