Stair Glossary of Terms
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZAre you confused, when someone uses a word or term, in the construction industry? Well, maybe we have it in our glossary of stair building terms and you can see what it means. Check it out.
- Adhesive
- Anchor
- Anchor Bolts
- Angle Bracket
- Ash
- Assembling
- Attic Stairs
- Balcony
- Balcony Handrail
- Balusters
- Balustrade
- Basement
- Base Plate
- Beech
- Bellhangers Bit
- Bending Risers
- Bevel
- Blueprints
- Bows And Crowns
- Box Newel
- Box Stairway
- Bracing
- Bracket
- Brazilian Cherry
- Brick Stairs
- Building
- Building Codes
- Building Foundation
- Building Hardware
- Building Inspector
- Building Plans
- Bullnosing
- Butt Joint
- C Clamp
- Cable Handrail
- Clamps
- Cabinet Scraper
- Calculator
- Cantilever
- Cantilevered Stairway
- Cap
- Carpeting
- Carriage
- Cedar
- Ceiling
- Cement
- Center Cut Lumber
- Chalk Line
- Chamfering
- Cherry Wood
- Chisel
- Cleat
- Climb Cutting
- Closed Stairway
- Code Requirements
- Column
- Commercial
- Concrete
- Concrete Balusters
- Concrete Block Stairs
- Concrete Stair Footing
- Concrete Stringer Pad
- Construction
- Construction Standard Lumber
- Corrosion
- Cove Molding
- Cripple Wall
- Cross Section
- Curved Stairs
- Custom Stairs
- Cutting Stairs
- Dead Blow Hammer
- Deck
- Deck Stairs
- Design
- Details
- Diameter
- Dog Stairs
- Double Ended Lag
- Double Helix Stairs
- Douglas Fir
- Drip Kerf
- Dry Rot
- Dry Run
- Drywall Spacer
- Easement
- Easing
- End Return
- Engineered Lumber
- Engineered Stairs
- Engineering
- Epoxy
- Equipment
- Escutcheon
- Exterior
- Face Grain Plug
- Face Stringer
- False Tread
- Fascia
- Field Measurement
- Fillet
- Finial
- Finished Floor
- Finished Stairs
- Finished Wall
- Fire Block
- First Floor
- Flight Of Stairs
- Floating Staircase
- Flush Bolt
- Fluting
- Freestanding Stairs
- French Curve
- Folding Stairway
- Forming
- Foundation
- Framing
- Framing Anchors
- Framing Square
- Galvanized
- Gauges
- Geometry
- Glass
- Glue
- Glue Blocks
- Glulam
- Gluing And Clamping
- Gooseneck
- Grab Railing
- Gripable Handrailing
- Guard Railing
- Gusset
- Half Newel
- Half Round Risers
- Handrail Backing
- Handrail Brackets
- Handrail Jacks
- Handrailing Wall Return
- Hanger Board
- Hardwood
- Header
- Head Room
- Headout
- Helix Stairs
- Hickory
- Hidden Bolts
- Horses
- Hot Dipped Galvanized
- Housed Stringer
- Impact Drivers
- Industrial
- Industrial Stairs
- Interior
- International Building Code
- Invisible Balusters
- Jack Studs
- Jigs
- Jobsite Assembly
- Joist
- Joist Hanger
- Kick Boards
- Knee Wall
- Knob
- Knotty Pine
- L Shaped Stairs
- Lag Screws
- Laminating
- Lamb's Tongue
- Landing
- Landing Footing
- Landing Newel
- Landing Pad
- Landing Step
- Landing Tread
- Laser Plumb Bob
- Lathe
- Layout
- Ledger
- Left Hand
- Left Quarter Turn
- Length Of Staircase
- Level
- Level Cut
- Level Quarterturn
- Level Rail
- Line Of Travel
- Lintel
- Load
- Loft Stairs
- Log Stairs
- Lower Stairs
- Lumber
- Lumber Defects
- Mahogany
- Maple
- Marble Stairs
- Measuring
- Measurement
- Measurement Tolerance
- Metal
- Metal Stairs
- Microlam
- Mid Rail
- Mill Finish
- Mitering
- Modular Stairs
- Moisture Management
- Molding
- Mortise And Tenon
- Mortising
- Nails
- Newel Post
- Non Slip Treads
- Nosing
- Notched Stair Stringer
- Oak
- On Center
- Open Stairway
- Open Tread Stairs
- Oriented Strand Board
- Outdoor Stairs
- Out Of Level
- Overhand Easing
- Over Post Railing
- Paint Grade
- Paralam
- Parallel
- Pattern
- Perpendicular
- Pet Stairs
- Picket
- Pinch Sticks
- Pine
- Pitch
- Pitch Blocks
- Planer
- Platform
- Plow
- Plumb Bob
- Plumb Cut
- Plywood
- Poplar
- Portable Stairs
- Post
- Post Caps
- Post To Post
- Preacher
- Prefabricated Stairs
- Pre Painted
- Primed Materials
- Protractor
- Pull Down Stairs
- Quarter Turn Fitting
- Rabbit Joint
- Radial Arm Saw
- Radius
- Rail Bolts
- Rail Fitting
- Railing
- Rake Rail
- Rake Wall
- Red Oak
- Redwood
- Reference Line
- Reference Mark
- Reinforcing
- Renovation
- Repairs
- Residential
- Right Hand
- Right Quarter Turn
- Rise
- Riser
- Rosette
- Rough Carpentry
- Rough Stringer
- Router
- Router Bit
- Rubber Stair Treads
- Run
- Safety
- Saw Kerf
- Scale
- Scale Drawing
- Scissor Stairs
- Screw
- Scotia Molding
- Scrolling
- Seasonal Movement
- Second Floor
- Second Stringer Layout
- Sheathing
- Shim
- Ships Ladder
- Shoe Rail
- Shop Built Stairs
- Shop Drawing
- Shooting Boards
- Single Stinger Stairway
- Skilsaw
- Skirt Board
- Sliding Stairway
- Slope
- Soft Woods
- Solid Tread
- Southern Pine
- Space Saving Stairs
- Spade Drill Bits
- Spindle
- Spiral Stairway
- Splice Plate
- Spline Joint
- Split Landing
- Squeaking Stairs
- Square
- Stairs
- Stair Builder
- Staircase
- Stair Chair
- Stair Closet
- Stair Edging
- Stair Gauges
- Stair Horses
- Stair Kits
- Stair Lift
- Stair Lighting
- Stair Mats
- Stair Plans
- Stair Protector
- Stair Rods
- Stair Rugs
- Stair Runners
- Stair Safety Gate
- Stairway
- Stairwell
- Starting Easing
- Starting Newel
- Starting Step
- Steel Stairs
- Step
- Stiffener
- Stone Stairs
- Story Height
- Story Pole
- Straight Run Stairway
- Strap
- Stringer
- Stringerless Stairs
- Stringer Layout
- Strongback
- Structural Engineering
- Strut
- Stud
- Subfloor
- Subriser
- Subtread
- Sun Damage
- Supporting Wall
- Symmetry
- Table Saw
- Tandem Cap
- Tape Measure
- Teco Clip
- Telescoping Attic Stairs
- Template
- Tenon
- Thickness
- Toe Board
- Top Plate
- Tools
- Total Rise
- Total Run
- Tract Stairs
- Travel Area
- Tread Brackets
- Tread Depth
- Tread Ends
- Tread Mats
- Tread Overhang
- Tread Pan
- Tread Slope
- Tread Under Cut
- Tread
- Treated Lumber
- Trex
- Truing A Post
- Turn Out
- Uniform Building Code
- Victorian
- Vinyl Handrails
- Vinyl Stair Treads
- Volute
- Wall Framing
- Wall Rail Bracket
- Wall Rails
- Walnut
- Water Damage
- Wedges
- Well Hole
- White Oak
- Winder Stairs
- Witness Marks
- Wood
- Wood Filler
- Wood Plug
- Wood Stairs
- Wrought Iron
- Zinc