We've been punching out big days, with Muggs setting the main stairway posts and securing the bottoms to make them bombproof.
One of the classic problems with stairs like this one--shaky posts and rails--won't be an issue thanks to the extra beef (we're putting posts on 4 foot centers) and extra bolting underneath.
This shows all the posts initially placed with through-bolts underneath...
And here are temporary rails that keep the posts from twisting. They have the additional benefit of serving as templates for cutting the mid-span rails--just scribe the lines and the resulting parallelograms will fit perfectly, and hold the vertical pickets as we grandkid-proof these stairs.
This shot also shows the path I've temped-in from the landing to the garden--we'll probably be able to make stairs out of scrap pressure-treated beams.
These tie-backs will stiffen the whole structure and relieve strain on the stair stringer, and we may join the post bottoms with a piece of wood, just because we can.
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