GabeS
Remodel Contractor
I understand what you're saying. I ran into a similiar problem and ended up with 9 inch tread and 8 inch rise which worked but is not ideal. Only other way to make the stairs better would have been to remove joists and reframe which would have affected 1st floor living space.
I would try and split everything between the rise and run. For me, I think have a longer tread is safer than having a shorter rise. With a shorter tread, when you go to put your foot down and can't place it you can easily trip. Taking a deeper step also can cause you to trip, but less so in my opinion.
You have to put a one inch overhang. I wasn't saying to omit the overhang, just saying when you calculate the tread length, don't include the overhang into the calculation.
Also, this is just a worst case scenario: Make the treads and risers comfortable and with the last step make it a bigger drop.
Reasoning: If you fall on the last step, you can't go rolling down the stairs.
I would try and split everything between the rise and run. For me, I think have a longer tread is safer than having a shorter rise. With a shorter tread, when you go to put your foot down and can't place it you can easily trip. Taking a deeper step also can cause you to trip, but less so in my opinion.
You have to put a one inch overhang. I wasn't saying to omit the overhang, just saying when you calculate the tread length, don't include the overhang into the calculation.
Also, this is just a worst case scenario: Make the treads and risers comfortable and with the last step make it a bigger drop.
Reasoning: If you fall on the last step, you can't go rolling down the stairs.