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"I just completed building a beautiful set of outside patio stairs using your "How To Build Stairs" guide. Very nice! I've never done it before, and I am very proud of the way they turned out." DB
"Thanks Dave - You're one of the good ones. Suddenly it's all clear - it's all about that first dimension and the drop to the top run. Wish I'd have known this Monday night when we spent about 3 hours screwing around with trying to adjust that 45 to fit right. Thanks again for the help and your immediate reply - I'm stoked that I can actually walk in there now and not be guessing." BK
"Just wanted to drop a quick line saying "Thank you" for your website! My wife and I just bought a fixer-upper and the resources we have found in your site have been invaluable. We appreciate the service that you are offering. We have used information from your site to do many things. Next on our plate is a stairway. And thanks to you, we're not going to have to pay $4000 to have it done. Keep up the great work, and keep'em coming!" NL
"I was the one that asked you about making the first step flush with the floor. I did it just how you told me and the stairs worked out excellent. I am quite pleased with the guidance you offered. Also you were right about having some bounce in the stringer, even with 3 stringers.
I wonder if 2X14 would have worked out better. I still have the option of using double plate on the stringers or after looking at it I probably will just go ahead with the post underneath. In any case, Thank you for your support and getting back with me so quick. I will recommend you to all my friends and my 350 neighbors." DE
"I just read your article on 'how to build stairs?' Now I have never built any, but just reading your article makes me WANT to! What I'm trying to say is the article was clear, simple to follow, bascially a 'pleasure' to read. Thankyou, it's so refreshing to see. You should write a book on construction 'how to'. I would certainly buy it! Thanks. PS. I am extremely critical of articles!!!! - so this truely is a compliment!" SS
"My wife and I recently bought an old house. I'm taking advantage of some spare time after having just retired from the U.S. Navy to fix it up. Since I have no knowledge of carpentry, I signed up for a class on the basics. I learned how to lay out and make stairs in class the other day but still had some questions. That's when I found your site. What a great discovery! Your site is well planned, the writing is informative, and the illustrations are clear. Thanks so much for sharing your experience and knowledge, they are a great resource." BA
"I had to take a minute and write to compliment on your site. The net is full of crap, sites that are not kept up, are simply links to sellers, and porn. I bought a house that I am renovating and today I built a needed stair case from scratch using the info on your page. I'd seen it done before and knew what to use but not exactly how to use it. Your site answered any and every question and then some. You must have put a lot of thought and effort into it or you have kept it up adding new info as questions came in. It even had how to install the banister. Congratulations on one of the better sites on the net." BD
"Just wanted to send a thank you note for the plans you offered to build a woodworkers tool box. I am no Master Craftsman (I somethimes have trouble even spelling it), however the tool box that we built this morning came out quite respectable. I even think my dad would have been proud.....Now he was a carpenter! Now I can lug all the tools around as I prepare our home for the vinyl siding project." CR
"Dave I would just like to say thank you for taking the time to send me a plan for building stairs and a platform. This was extremely helpful." RH
"I just spent over an hour searching the Internet before I found your great page! You are the only one who actually cared enough to take the time to put together a complete guide on building stairs (complete with diagrams). Wonderful job!" Ernie
"I started to build a geodesic dome in 1998. Last year, I hired someone to put in the stairs to the second level. Lo and behold, I am unhappy with the semi-finished job and have been asking question and searching for a solution, which turns out to be YOUR SITE! I cannot tell you how overjoyed I am to have found your site today. Thank you, thank you, thank you." KT
"Thank you! so much for responding. I have left messages at other web sites claiming to get back to it's readers and it never happens. What a pleasant surprise! Your plans are they customizable for various sizes? Also can I purchase them directly from your web site? I will buy the plans, not that I think I need them, but because you do give of your time to total strangers and in this way I can help the site as well as the extra guidance your plans will bring my project. Again thank you so much for your response." HS
"Many thanks for posting such clear, useful information (I read about How to Build Stairs). You are moving civilization forward - at least in my little family - by helping people NOT reinvent the wheel!" LS
"No question. Just want to thank you for a great site. I use the stair calculator alot. I wish you'd post it as a stand alone program to take in the field with the laptop. ( no internet out there) The stair opening item is what I use the most. Again, thanks." DA [this is now downloadable]
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