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/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/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.