Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. Alternating tread stairs are terrific for saving space; you only put one foot on a tread at ...
Amateur carpenters who have laid out the cuts in a stair stringer (the zig-zag structural support for the steps) know the queasy feeling that bubbles up at the prospect of this job. There’s the simple ...
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Making a stair tread from a slab of white oak
Making a stair tread from a slab of white oak Posted: 15 August 2025 | Last updated: 14 August 2025 In this video, we demonstrate the process of creating a stair tread using a slab of white oak. The ...
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Posts shared in early March 2021 claim that alternate-tread staircases are called “Witches Stairs,” allegedly built with the belief that “witches can’t climb up them.” This claim is false, as ...
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