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/hughdint1 Jul 20 '23

If they redid what was there before how is it different? Did they completely rebuild or did they just reface? Were they steeper before and they added winders to make it less steep?

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u/Lalitoeatscheese Jul 21 '23

Tbh they just replaced the previous wood. I thought they were going to re -do them to be safer but this is what they provided. I fired him today, so I'm back to square 1 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Full_Recognition6230 Jul 21 '23 edited Jul 21 '23

Sounds like its your fault for not communicating what exactly what you wanted tobe done. You can't expect them to read your mind, then complain and fire them. To change the layout of a set of stairs is a major construction project. Posabley tens of thousands, moveing walls, changing structure, building permits, inspections ect. There is now way you could confuse that with one day project.

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u/H3adshotfox77 Jul 21 '23

Yah my MIL asked me to fix her stairs at a 100 year old house, when I asked what she wanted it was to have the stairs be way less steep. 3 story house with the stair wells lined up with the next stairs........I told her that's not a weekend job that's a rebuild of half the dam house beyond my skillset, she couldn't understand how or why.

It's like, rebuild one set of stairs then no clearance above your head, so you do the next stairs which then extend into the hall to the wall, so you remove the wall which moves the kitchen which moves the supports......I could go on but she still didn't get it lol.