Can You Use Plywood for Your Stair Stringers?
Yes you can and I've seen it done more
than once. I lived in a mobile home that used plywood to create the
sides of a three-step stairway.
Now I would like to point out a few problems with stairways like these,
before you start using plywood stringers for large projects.
This particular stairway is about 24 inches wide and less than 30 inches
tall. It would almost make more sense to build something like this out
of plywood, instead of
construction standard lumber like 2 x 6 and 2 x
12.
Plywood and oriented strand board can produce extremely sturdy
stairways.
You've probably heard me mention this before, but the
trick to keeping your plywood stairways in good shape, will be to
maintain them regularly.
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