Exam 19: Stair Framing and Finish

The ____ is the sloping finish member grasped by the hand of the person ascending or descending the stairs.

A straight stairway is continuous from one floor to another.

When finishing a closed stair carriage, the risers are installed first.

A stair ____ is designed for changing the direction of the stairs and as a resting place for long stair runs.

A ____ is the horizontal member on which the feet are placed when climbing or descending the stairs.

____ types of newel posts are used in a post-to-post balustrade.

Decreasing the unit rise decreases the run of the stairs.

The router used with a stair template must be equipped with a straight bit.

Usually, ____ carriages are used for residential staircases of average width.

Housed stringers have risers and treads set into ____ made in the stringer.

The International Building Code (IBC) specifies that the height of a riser shall not exceed 7 3/4 inches and that the width of a tread not be less than ____ inches.

Prepare the posts for fastening a handrail by counterboring and drilling shank holes for ____ bolts through the posts.

The desired headroom must be known to calculate the stairwell length.

If there are no headroom limits, several possible unit rise - unit run combinations for a particular total rise.

Stairways wider than ____ inches require a handrail on both sides.

Tread ____ is installed under the overhang of the tread and against the riser.

____ stairs extend from a habitable to an uninhabitable level.

The thickness of a preacher must be the same as the ____ stock.

Platform stairs are built by first erecting the ____.

A(n) ____ is an opening in the floor for the stairway to pass through.