Drill screw holes 16 in.
Building box stairs for deck.
Measure the height of the deck from the ground.
You can place them around an entire patio or at just a portion between railings.
Stairs on decks are typically wide and short.
Building box steps and stairs for decks box style stairs are popular for very low decks and transitions between levels of tiered decks.
Then screw the two boxes together.
This will give you the general idea of the height of the riser.
Install the tread boards with the same attention to movement as with the deck boards.
Diagonal blocking at the corners.
The top of a step is known as the tread.
Many deck builders use this technique to build a wide set of stairs across the front or side of deck.
Build the bottom box frame twice as wide as the top.
Stack boxes for stability.
The easiest way to build the box stairs is to first build the bottom box or the first tread.
Once you have your first tread constructed based on the high and width requirements of your deck build the second tread that will sit on top of the first tread.
Cut five pieces.
Once this has been decided gather the wood needed for.
Box stairs do not use cut out stair stringers like traditional stairs.
Determine the number of box steps needed for the stairs.
Box steps anatomy of a step.
Steps are made up of three main parts.
How to build box steps for a deck step 1.
Mark the wood.