It appears that there are quite a few folks with knowledge of and experience with building/re-building stairs.
I have a set in the house we purchased that are too steep for comfort.
They go from the basement up to the first floor (or visa versa) landing at the hallway running down the center of the first floor area and about 5 feet from the basement wall. It turns out that the treads are about 11" deep, but the rise varies a lot! The "landing" at the basement is 10" above the concrete floor. The first step is ten inches above the surface of the landing. The next couple of steps are about
8.75" above the preceding steps! Not at all what I expected!
No wonder they feel "weird."
At any rate, I need to rebuild them - once I remove a chimney they put right at the wall in front of the basement "landing." which will give me anther 22" of space to "stretch" the staircase (do you call it "depth?"), albeit having a "landing" that runs right into a block wall requiring one turn left or right to "enter" the basement once all the way down.
Funny, one of the reasons I came to the "out lands" was to get away from all those damned City/County "inspections" and permits and such so I could build or add on as I pleased w/o "interference" and fees. I spent about ninety dollars on materials to build a small fence on our FL property. Folks would stop by and compliment us on the improvement. Then the inspector came and demanded "plans" and a $55.00 "permit!" OIy vey!
Now, I suffer from the lack of permits, plans and building inspections that never would have "passed" these stairs! Can't win for losing.
At any rate, I am open to ideas and suggestions as to how best to proceed.