From this point, you can measure the exact stair height and determine the stringer and skirt length. Measure the exact total rise. Divide the height (X) by your estimated number of risers to find the ...

Here is a picture of the side of a staircase. It’s called a stair stringer. Calculate the area of the side of the stringer that is facing you. Look for repeated shapes in it. Rhys has 8 of these ...

This is the ideal stair height for your situation ... will determine where the treads will be joined to the stringers. Use a ...

Male gardener, brown hair, red t-shirt: Well, gardening involves measuring the length of lots of things. In this instance I'm measuring out a path that's 4 m long, and when I can find it ...

I’ve used this exact tape measure in the past ... like rafters and stair stringers, and with a little practice, use it as a protractor for marking a range of other angles.

The best vacuums for stairs are lightweight and easy to carry, allowing you to reach all the corners and nooks between banisters for a more thorough clean. Our top pick overall is the Dyson V15 ...

I talk a lot about how measuring cups stack in this piece, with good reason. Measuring cups come in sets, so they must be stacked for storage. However, I quickly learned during my tests that not ...

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To keep us moving in the right direction, we have to make global poverty more visible by finding a better way to measure it. This week, the world’s heads of state are gathering in New York City ...

There are a number of ways to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. Most scales are based on the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismometers. These scales account for the distance between ...

That’s why a lot of clinicians are moving away from using BMI as a measure of health. Stanford says that whenever she assesses people in her clinic, she doesn’t talk to her patients about BMI ...

To read more of The Press Democrat’s coverage of Measure J, go here. Wednesday’s debate on the Measure J “factory farming” question, the most contentious local issue on the November ballot ...