A stair that rises 13 ft 4 in needs a landing: what the lumber list looks like

wall-framing-takeoff now splits a stair rising over 147 inches into two flights around a landing and adds the landing lumber to the order.

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The model residential code allows 147 in of rise between landings. Until today wall-framing-takeoff refused anything taller. A 160 in (13 ft 4 in) stair now splits at a landing, by default at half the rise:

  • two flights of 11 risers of 7-1/4 in and 10 treads of 10 in each;
  • a landing as deep as the stair is wide (36 in at least), framed with four 2x8 joists, two rims and four 2x12 deck boards for a 36 in stair;
  • the stairwell opening checked against the upper flight only;
  • every board added to the same cutting-stock order as the walls.

Type landing: {landingRise: "5 ft"} to move the split. Posts and footings are not sized, and no real stair has been built from it. Run node cli.mjs plan.json --stairs with a stairs entry whose totalRise is over 147 in.

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