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Used to burn 2 hours on stairs, now I pre-cut every step from one measurement
Back when I started, I'd measure each step on a staircase one at a time. Took me 2 hours on a standard 13 step run in a house over in Tulsa. Now I measure the rise and run on the first and last step, cut all 13 pieces on the table, and I'm done in 40 minutes. Only thing that changed was a guy named Ray telling me the stairs in most tract homes are built identical. Anyone else got a shortcut that felt too simple to trust at first?
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cole99420h ago
Honestly I used to measure and cut every single step one at a time because I figured no two stairs could ever be the same, that's just how it was taught to me. Then a guy on a job showed me to check the first and last and cut the whole run at once, and it kind of ticked me off how much time I'd wasted over the years. Tbh it makes total sense now because tract homes get built off the same plans, so the rise and run barely move from step to step. The only thing I watch for is the bottom step sometimes sits different if the floor is off, so I still check that one. But yeah, once you see it work on a couple houses you stop second guessing it.
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