Stringer
A staircase climbs vertically on a diagonal, creating an elevation change that is manageable in a set of measures. The measures, or treads, are supported by two or one stringers. Traditionally stringers are hidden in a closed system, but also in contemporary design, the stringer can be a striking feature worthy of screen.
Camber Construction
The stringer is your support for the measures of a staircase. This outer stringer is trimmed in a zigzag pattern to accommodate the horizontal treads and vertical risers.
Bluetime Collaborative
These steel beam stringers are not cut, and also an open-tread stairs was made with measures suspended between the stringers with brackets and bolts.
Conard Romano Architects
In conventional stairs design, stringers are in a closed system, meaning hidden from view. This staircase has frame and panel millwork that comprises the structural areas of the stairs.
WA Design Architects
Typically the stringer is trimmed to give a foundation for each measure, or fold. Measures have to be perfectly equivalent in height; even a 1/4-inch difference can cause trips and falls.
Swatt | Miers Architects
One stringer is the only support with this floating staircase; the structural part of the stairs is your showcase.
Nic Darling
When generating stringers, the challenge for the carpenter is performing the math to create measures that are equivalent in height (increase) and travel on a diagonal (run).