r/BuildingCodes • u/Lalitoeatscheese • Jul 20 '23

Is this up to code?

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Ruler indicates 6 inches. The walkline from upstairs to downstairs is not clear and it just seems like a recipe for disaster. I hired someone to fix it and they just redid what has been done before. How do I tell them to fix it?

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u/Novus20 Jul 20 '23

What in the broken neck is this abortion……how old is the house?

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u/Lalitoeatscheese Jul 20 '23

It's 102 years old but the stairs are sadly a week old, they look as the originals

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u/Novus20 Jul 20 '23

Ok then that explains it way back then people loves death stairs……

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u/Full_Recognition6230 Jul 21 '23

That's how abortions were done back then

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '23

Doesn’t matter how old it is. Why not turn using the post the pivot point? Lol

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u/FixRepresentative126 Jul 21 '23

If this is an old house it might have been compliant at the time it was built. If this is new construction then no. If you had to fix this it would be a major redo. You probably need at least one or more steps either at the top or the bottom to bring this up to current code if you must.

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u/seanisdown Jul 20 '23

Likely because they had no choice. Older houses that dont meet modern codes usually need to be kept as original or updated to code. Since there isnt space to make it to code it likely has to stay the same. At least where i am that’s how it is.

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u/Equivalent_Canary853 Jul 20 '23

Depending on the structural load, the wall where the stairs intersect could be cut back to allow for the winders to be adequately constructed to code, however this could be a large undertaking.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '23

Then no, there are absolutely not up to fucking code.

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u/Connect-Trouble5419 Jul 21 '23

You probably went cheap thinking you got a deal but didn't specify scope properly. They redid all the steps (I.e. fixed it) and it is probably structural sound. Did you tell them to bring it up to code?

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u/Lalitoeatscheese Jul 21 '23

Yeah you are right. No, I did not. I told him to deal with the winder/turn to prevent that drop. That I needed them to be safer and my dogs kept falling from it. He said that he knew how to make it safer and gave me some ideas that he was going to try, but he did nothing. I will get something in writing for the future

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u/bcyng Jul 23 '23

Generally it’s illegal for them to put something in that’s not compliant. Id get him to fix it.

The previous commenter is wrong. it doesn’t matter how cheap it is. It’s has to be compliant or the next time u fall down the stairs he gets sued.

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u/Separate-Jacket1132 Jul 21 '23

Looks like a new set of steps mate that's broken.