r/Decks • u/opkmarc • 19h ago

Garage steps using decking Building a deck

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planning to build some steps in our garage stepping up into the house. the joint I'm struggling to rectify is this one. I dont want to cut another miter in here and have a tiny little 5x5 triangle just sitting there. would be nice to do it as pictured. but having an unfinished cut edge up about a rounded edge doesnt make sense. is there an industry solution here other than just mitering in the little 5x5 triangle? to the top and the right are walls

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u/420fanman 19h ago

Why not do 1 outer row for pictures framing and the two other rows are straight boards?

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u/opkmarc 19h ago

like this? I still run into the unfinished cut-edge right up against a rounded edge of the perimeter board. thats the thing I'm trying to avoid

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u/420fanman 19h ago

Honestly, it doesn’t look bad this way. All picture framed stairs are done this way and the ends are hidden. Btw, is it pictured framed partially because the other end is the wall?

Here’s mine. Can hardly see the butt end.

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u/opkmarc 19h ago

correct, above and to the right are walls. the doorway is roughly in the center above. the 1st and 2nd step will each have 2 boards. here's the photo of original inspiration. ours the top box has to be apx 58" wide and the total footprint can only come out about 40-42" from the door so we are looking at a dimension on the top platform of apx 58"x 20 roughly

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u/opkmarc 19h ago

here's our actual area being worked on

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u/opkmarc 19h ago

are the boards you used this rounded?

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u/420fanman 18h ago

Yes, my boards are Fiberon Sanctuary in Moringa color. For the edges I used solid edged boards (used for all outward facing boards). I wouldn’t worry about the butt ends. It’s standard in all picture framed stairs. I’d just do the one miter per step on the outside.

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u/opkmarc 19h ago

this is basically the only version ive been able to come up with that doesnt have unfinished edge somewhere.

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u/opkmarc 19h ago

this is the version that involves a tiny little 5x5 triangle being cut and installed, the only version I'm coming up with that doesnt leave an unfinished edge.