Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 302
closestring the treads and risers are housed into it, as with the wall string,a single string if inches thick often being used in that case. When this method of construction is used the base or wall string should be at least \\inches thick, and it isbetter to have a curbstring on the outside,the… … Fig. 308. strength without carriages, when not over 3 feet wide, and the stringon each side is solidly nailed to a partition. It is customary in suchstairs, however, to put up 2x4 joist under the stairs to help supportthem and also to receive the lathing underneath. When the stairs are put together…
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