The layout of this house when we bought it was a bit wonky. With the stairway in the middle of the house it really blocked the lake view for most of the downstairs. Plus it made the layout upstairs not very efficient. Since we are completely gutting this house I figured we mide as well frame out some new walls and move the staircase to create a more open and effective layout. To move the stairs we had to put new floor joists in place to span across the existing floor opening. Then we had to cut out the new opening and install double trimmer joists, double headers and joist hangers. With the opening in place we could then cut the stair stringers and get the stairs installed. With all that done we could move on to tackling the upstairs which included demo, framing and the start of plumbing. Sponsored By Simpson Strong Tie: https://www.strongtie.com/ Stair Stringer Calculator: https://www.calculator.net/stair-calculator.html ------------------------------------------------ SUPPORT ROGUE ENGINEER Buy a shirt: http://bit.ly/rogueSHOP Shop on Amazon: http://bit.ly/rogueAMZN Shop at HomeDepot: http://bit.ly/rogueHD ------------------------------------------------- BE SOCIAL https://www.facebook.com/rogueengineer/ https://www.instagram.com/rogue_engineer/ https://www.pinterest.com/rogue_engineer/