Step 7: Assemble the staircase

Assemble the staircase by installing treads
Photo Karim Shamsi-Basha
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Slip the stair treads into the angled dadoes milled in the two stringers. Secure each pine tread with four screws. Then use a wrench to tighten the threaded ladder rods that pass beneath each tread. Leave out the top three treads so you can easily fit the staircase between the header-guide frame mounted above the door panel.
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    2. Lumber to match existing ceiling joists
    used to reframe staircase opening

    3. 1x8s
    for building finished frame around staircase opening

    4. 1x3s
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