They do this in some castles to trip up the invaders

Funny story: I built the staircase heading up to my loft, and spent days sourcing the perfect planks for the risers so I'd have exactly 13 steps.

Forgot to account for the loft's floorboards and beams, now I have a 13.25-step staircase.

Somehow Lowe's only has these things in pressure-treated lumber. So I made my own for my stairs in my basement using regular lumber. And then my basement flooded.

They mean making sure each step is the same height above the previous. Like if your first step is 7” high, then all steps should be 7”. Not a 7” step, then a 10” step, then a 5” step, etc.

There’s some math involved to figure out the riser height given a certain distance from the upper landing, and it all depends on how much space you have, what code says for a landing, what the minimum tread depth can be, etc.

Hanging a door is super easy*!

*only pertains to new construction in places where the workers before door installation made sure the rough opening is plumb, level, and square.

Installation in a settled house is often a massive compromise on angle, tilt, placement, and sometimes squareness. When all else fails, bending one or more hinge pins to add friction to the door is the last ditch compromise just to have something kind of work.

I'd say doors are tougher than stairs, at least stairs are stationary. If the floor isn't level where the door is swinging, that bottom gap can be.. Public bathroom worthy.

Lmao no, I make fucking $50/hr and can't afford a house at the current prices.

Outside of all the major metropolitan areas, yes. I managed to get a house a few years back at $22 an hour. It's small and a townhouse, but it's mine.

I did the math to afford that home today taking into account increased value and interest rates it would take $30 an hour. It's only been 5 years.

Even after a promotion and raises I still don't make $30 an hour.

No but I bet you could buy the material and you'd already have the skill

When you have carpentry skills you can buy a dump then fix it up. I had zero skills when I bought my first house then learned as I went along. Was making $9 an hour in the mid 90's

Somehow a greentext about hammering and pounding wood didnt turn into the gay fanfiction I came here for.

Workbench? You mean the warped plywood I put on the bags of concrete? Or the lumber sticking out the back of the truck, balancing on some stacked buckets?