How to install a set of stairs in 3 easy steps

Step #1:

Avoid running over the baby blue jay on the way to the job site

Step #2:

Measure

then measure again

then correct measurements

And measure yet again.

before cutting

then make sure the measurements were correct

before creating a mirror image of the first stringer

and boring out starter holes to router for treads

then router for treads

and verify the treads will fit in the routered holes

then bolt a park bench back together

and weed for an hour while Handyman routers treads

then take over and router the other stringer

while Handyman cuts treads and risers

and the center brace

then start putting it all together

fitting treads in routered holes with glue and nails

than nailing risers, glueing all seams, and notching for the center brace

before lifting stairs over porch railing and gently lowering them into the basement

Curse and swear and lift and wrestle and shove and shave and sweat and sledgehammer the stairs into place

Voila!

Step #3:

Collapse after 11 hours of lifting and hauling and pounding and sawing