In addition to making your stairs safer covering the risers may be required by your local building code if you plan improvements to your cellar.
Adding risers to deck stairs.
Houses of a certain age or with un improved basements feature open stairs containing only stringers and treads.
Round up to get 15 steps.
The small led fixtures put light exactly where you need it right on the tread.
The result will be the number of steps the staircase will need e g deck is 112 from the ground.
Nail on the second riser board and then screw on the two 2x6 bottom treads leaving a 1 4 in.
If you use the deck itself as the top riser as with this deck subtract one step.
To calculate the actual rise height divide the height in inches by the number of stairs determined in the last step.
In our example 112 15 7 46 which means that the risers will be 7 46 high.
The fascia that covers their risers may be missing.
Adding led lights to deck stair risers install low voltage stair lights for safety and style.
Nail on the next riser then the next tread and so on to work your way to the top of the stairs.
It also has 2 inch x 6 inch risers or toe kicks on the back for a clean look.
Gap between the boards.