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[0:00:15] ... steps used to be a very intimidating thing, but now, with the precut step stringers like this, it's made a lot easier. With again by measuring the width of the opening and cutting the tread to 2 x 4 to serves as an anchor for the steps. We drill through it and into the bricks so that we can attach it with masonry screws. On each end, we now wanted the stringers. We cut an inch and a half of the top of the remaining 3 stringers and toenail them into the 2 x 4 at 16-inch intervals, a 1 x 8 nail across the front. Hold it altogether so that we can again put on the treads, in this case, 5/4 x 6-inch deck boards butted up against each other and overhanging the ends slightly. The risers are cut from the 1 x 8 stock to cover the remaining vertical openings, and our stairs are done. Oh, our steps just turned ...
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[0:00:43] ... made up from short pieces of 2 x 4's and 3-quarter inch plywood cut into triangular gussets. With careful layout, you can get a whole lot of these out 1 sheet. The supports were assembled using wood glue and drywall screws before they go on the wall. On each end, we nailed a 2 x 4 to the sidewall, then we began attaching the gusseted supports to the studs along the back wall. This is where the open stud base really worked to our advantage. A 14-foot 2 x 4 is nailed across the front of the support, tieing everything together and giving us a sturdy base with the 3-quarter inch plywood top that we nailed on it. Okay. Now, I have a good sturdy workbench. And you may have noticed we've only made this 24 inches wide, so that it wouldn't be so wide that you couldn't reach any of the pegboard or shelf we're about to build. Another thing we did with the plywood is we allowed it to overhang 2-1/2 inches. This will make it a lot easier to clamp anything that we may need ...
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