the stringer is cut one riser short to account for this. That is, the house’s framing or the deck framing forms the first riser when stepping down from the deck or the finished floor.

But the framing carpenter is responsible for cutting and installing the stringers. Stringers are the angled stair supports ...

To understand stairs, let’s talk about floors. Like many Americans, you might live in a home with a wood-floor system.

I’ll wager that if I handed you a measuring tape, a framing square ... fastened to and held firm by stringers, which are analogous to the joists under a floor. The stringers are the bones ...