A stair order forgot the hardware that holds the stringers up

The stair takeoff bought stringers, treads and rails but never listed what attaches the stringers; it now counts one top connector and one foot anchor each.

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The wall-framing takeoff laid out stairs down to the notch geometry, the tread boards and the guard posts, but its output never mentioned how a stringer gets fastened at either end. A framer reading the order would find lumber and no hanger.

It now adds a hardware block: one top connector (a hanger or a bolted ledger connection) and one foot anchor for every stringer. Hand check: a 36 in wide stair at 16 in spacing needs ceil(34.5 / 16) + 1 = 4 stringers, so 4 and 4; a 60 in stair needs ceil(58.5 / 16) + 1 = 5.

This is a count, not a design. Connector size, fasteners and the load path are the engineer's or the manufacturer's call, and the output says so. Nothing here was checked against a permitted stair plan; a real one is still wanted.

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