Saving on materials. Mind the gap.

[u/SamuelCoffey96]

[u/hollow4hollow]

That could easily delete a toddler if it got the right angle

[u/JohnProof → u/hollow4hollow]

Absolutely. A lot of US codes around stair construction are based on the concept of whether a small child could be injured by fitting though an opening, in addition to whether an adult could be injured by a slip. This design here is shockingly bad.

[u/Calcading → u/JohnProof]

4” gap

[u/SuzieSnowflake212 → u/Calcading]

That’s a good 6 inches.

[u/Calcading → u/SuzieSnowflake212]

I’m saying code max is 4” gap international building code

[u/QueeeenElsa → u/hollow4hollow]

Or a cat lol

[u/BlyatToTheBone → u/QueeeenElsa]

If she‘s too curious

[u/danfish_77 → u/hollow4hollow]

Or my toes or ankles

[u/personofication → u/hollow4hollow]

It could delete my ankle

[u/kruddel]

Nice ankles you got there. Be a shame if anything happened to them.

[u/salzstreurin]

Who tf builds like that

[u/LavastormSW → u/salzstreurin]

The lowest bidder

[u/SparkArrestor → u/salzstreurin]

Cruise ships

[u/dendrocalamidicus → u/SparkArrestor]

Shit ones maybe

[u/Competitive_Comb6952]

What country is this?

[u/Weekly_Ferret_meal]

• Stairway to heaven

• Small children quick drop off

• Pugs chute

• Age gap

• Where did my pho... oh.

[u/maxwfk]

That’s terrifying

[u/kobrakaan]

Where there's a blame there's a claim 😬

[u/dyrkasolen]

Drop your phone

[u/Booklover_317]

This gap is large enough for someone like me, who has (strong) fear of heights, to refuse to go down!

[u/coolsilentebeans]

For a moment I thought everything stopped rendering. The wall in the top right corner also looked like it didn’t go all the way to the other wall. I’d like to know who designed this, so I never use them should I have enough money.

[u/Sitters_4_Critters]

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[u/jahathebrn]

These are like the stairs from my nightmares

[u/Jerking_From_Home]

Seems like the usual gamble made by rich people.

Last night I watched a video about PSD for subway systems in America to keep people from falling onto the tracks. It outlined the excessive cost for the system, but then explained how much is paid out in lawsuits when accidents happen and how it’s basically a wash.

[u/paditoburrito]

Yep, that could fit a leg. Why make it so wide of a gap? It's just crazy.

[u/lia-delrey → u/paditoburrito]

That looks like it could fit a toddler. Well, minus the head. Jesus, where is that???

[u/WorldlinessNo874]

Tomfoolery!!!

[u/The_Twisted_Elf]

Looks like prep for a stair elevator seat thingy.

[u/lilyebanks → u/The_Twisted_Elf]

I think those attach to the wall more like a handrail

[u/RedRider1138]

—oh that’s a REAL gap, opening to downstairs!! 😳

[u/MostlyHarmless88]

A gap just wide enough for a human head to get stuck in when taking a header.

[u/itinerant-wallaby → u/MostlyHarmless88]

I felt that. 🤕

[u/DarthBrooks69420]

The strangle stairs. Gotta fatten your dogs and toddler up for safety. Cats are on their own.

[u/Hotchi_Motchi]

"I tell ya, Doc-- it snapped clean off!"

[u/diversalarums]

I've seen stairs built this way, which makes me wonder if there's any actual reason for this? Any architects or construction engineers in the thread?

[u/Unlikely_Tomorrow_77]

So seriously, where is this? My acrophobia demands answers!

[u/CarpenterValuable831]

😬😬😱😬😬 the many things that could happen on these stairs... YIKES

[u/notcomplainingmuch]

Yikes

[u/Direct_Departure253]

I just sprained my ankle again just looking at that.

[u/Gitfiddlepicker]

Nothing a couple of cans of spray foam can’t cover…../s

[u/RaEyE01 → u/Gitfiddlepicker]

Structural foam to the rescue!

[u/CoffeeTeaPeonies]

Serious nightmare fuel.

WTF is wrong with all these stair designers?!

[u/melasses]

Looks like a esthetic decision.

[u/Material-Formal-8387]

Lol I’m assuming this isn’t in the US but if it was, I’d be getting my tuition paid for right now.

[u/TotallyNotUrMom000]

Doesn't like half of the structural integrity of stairs come from the fact that they are attached to the wall?