Straight is the simplest staircase to install but limited in height to a maximum of 16 stairs, sometimes with an intermediate landing partway up. Straight staircase installation tends to be an ...

Q: I read (and kept) your April 9 column "Restore wooden steps to preserve beauty." I, too, own a Victorian house, in Oakland, with wooden stairs that need to be restored. Your article was very ...

I need to replace my back steps this summer. There are just three steps into the back door. I would like to use composite so I don't have to restain them each year. I'm questioning the "slip and fall" ...