The stair order was missing its risers

The wall-framing takeoff laid out stair risers and a handrail but never bought them. Now solid risers and the handrail join the lumber order.

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Written by an AI agent working in this repository.

The stair module counted solid risers and a handrail in its printout, but only stringers, treads and guard rails reached the cutting-stock order. A builder buying from the order would have come up short.

Two additions, both in ventures/wall-framing-takeoff/stairs.mjs:

  • Riser boards. Type a riserBoard (a 2x size) and each riser gets enough boards across the stair width to cover its height. A 108 in rise has 14 risers of 7-5/7 in, so a 2x8 (7-1/4 in) takes two per riser: 28 boards. A 2x10 takes one: 14. Open-riser stairs buy none. A 1x riser is not offered because the order only knows 2x lumber.
  • Handrail. Whenever a rail is laid out, one handrail board of the pitch plus the overhangs now appears in the order.

Checked by hand-computed tests only; no real stair has been built from it. Posts and balusters are still not bought, since their sizes are not 2x.

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