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My stringer on the 12 foot run bowed out after a week, fixed it with a 2x4 and a ratchet strap
Built a set of stairs off my back deck here in Fort Wayne about two weeks ago and the middle stringer started bowing out the day after I pulled the clamps. Turned out the 2x12 I grabbed had a knot right at the bottom cut, so it just gave. I clamped a scrap 2x4 across all three stringers and cranked a ratchet strap around the middle one until it pulled straight, then screwed a block under each tread to lock it. Left it for a week now and it hasn't moved, but I'm wondering if anyone has a better way to shore up a bad stringer without tearing the whole run off.
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