Replacing My Basement Stairs I'm going to do this as a sort of short story/long story thing. So in each section you can decide how much you want to read. If there were lessons learned, I'll put those in two. Motivation: Short story: need to replace our stairs in less than 1 month. Long story: Our dyer had failed and we went out and bought a new one. I knew our basement stairs were pretty dodgy so I figured before either a person and a dolly or two people and a hand crane caried a 100 pound appliance down the stairs I should really evaluate their condition. Terminology: Before we go talk about stairs we need a little terminology. The stringer is the saw-toothed piece that supports the treads, and if present risers are mounted to. The tread is the horizonal part you tread on. The riser appropriately is the vertical part that rises between treads. Why the stringer is a stringer, I certainly don't know. Picture 1: Evaluation: Short Story...