Single-stair building code reforms are spreading as states and cities seek more small multifamily housing while maintaining ...

Firefighters and builders are at odds over a new-to-Rhode Island corner of the housing-affordability debate: stairs. Citing the spiraling cost of construction, a group of developers and urbanists ...

Simple stairs have just two components. The flat board that your foot steps on is called a tread. The treads connect to side stringers and sometimes to one that is in the middle of the stairs. The ...

​In the U.S., cities such as Seattle and New York now permit new single exit stairway buildings, as does the state of Hawaii.

I feel it’s important for you to understand the structure of a set of stairs before you get out your saw and framing square.