Stairs to the basement

When Martin framed out the opening for the basement stairs, he didn't know exactly the level of the finished basement floor.

Since then, he has figured out where the stairs need to end and realized that the stairs wouldn't meet code.

 That meant he needed to make the stairwell opening into the basement bigger. To do that he had to cut out a header and resupport the floor.

 As you can see, in spite of the headache of moving the header and enlarging the stairwell opening, Martin has finished the stairs to the basement. 

He will need to take them out temporarily when we pour the floor.