Hey Tim, No you aren't seeing it wrong. I probably am though. This is for a deck I am building and the cantilever is for a desired width and not being able to place a post in the middle of the HVAC unit further down. I was just looking at everything again and trying to figure out what is happening in each member. I had it designed so the bottom of the stair just rests on some block. I am beginning to think that this is not good though and needs to be fixed (pun intended). Without that connection at the bottom of the stair and some person running up the steps it seems it might not be good.
I guess what has me a little worried is that there is no second post in line with the stringer. Just the one, and a strut for the cantilever. So there is really nothing stabilizing the post. I keep placing a pencil on an angle on top of a short book standing on my desk. When I place some weight on the pencil the little book falls over.
Everything is poured for the posts already and no anchor was built for the bottom of the stair.
Do you think I should attach a level piece from post to stair towards the bottom to build the triangle? Or would it be better to somehow attach the bottom of the stair to the ground to maybe make the stringer a tie member in this situation? Or am I being over analytical?
Thanks
p.s. I dont like the post at tread 1 either.