Originally Posted by
Beardy
The easiest way if you don’t want to use a builders square or trigonometry is to first establish your tread and rise height
Make sure you are using the rise measurement from the finished ground level where the stair ends which will not necessarily be the same as directly below your deck
Once you have that worked out get a spare sheet of ply or some rigid cardboard etc and place it where your stringer will go and then starting at the top start physically marking in each tread and riser using a small level and pencil. From that you can transfer the set out onto your stringer
This is not the quickest way but it will be less confusing as you can visualise what is going on