Prefab Stairs
Stairs made in shops and then brought to the job are
considered prefabricated stairs. Prefabricated stairs range in all
shapes and sizes from regular Straight run stairs to complicated
curved
stairs.
The biggest problem with buying a prefabricated stair
stringer from your local hardware store, is that these stair stringer's
might not fit correctly. If this is the case you'll have to modify,
either the stair stringer or the floor system it is going to attach to.
It's not always going to be in your best interest to buy something like
this, because it could create a trip hazard if the risers are not equal
lengths.
Stairs built in the shop requires the lumber to be
brought to the shop and then the stairway assembled and then brought out
to the home site. The stairs built in the shop where you normally have
all of your jigs and tools could have its benefits were as someone
Building the stairs on site might forget the tool which will slow down
the process requiring them to go get the tool which could be labor
intensive.
Prefabricated curved stairs usually takes a while to
build due to the difficulty involved, it seems to take a lot of time
figuring the geometrical shapes and tangents for these stairs. Most
track framing stairs will be built on site using skilled carpenters.
There as been arguments going on for years, whether it is more cost
effective to build a set of stairs in a shop and bring the stairs to the
job or is it better to bring the materials to the job site and build the
stairs. This debate has been going on for years and it seems like the on
site stair framing is winning.