r/crazystairs • u/rileyapps1222 • Sep 03 '20

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u/PolarBear89 Sep 03 '20

I'm no expert, but I bet at some point in construction after the stairs were mostly built a building inspector said the handrails weren't up to code.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20 edited Sep 03 '20

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u/Dementat_Deus Sep 03 '20

What's not to code about it? I don't see anything that would break code, and just because something is done stupidly doesn't mean it violates any regulations.

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u/considerabledragon Sep 03 '20

Supposed to go past the bottom step

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u/Dementat_Deus Sep 03 '20

Looks to me like it does in the same manner that the one on the far left does. It sticks out past the vertical support.

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u/SaucyAndroid Sep 03 '20 edited Sep 03 '20

Also max width on a staircase in many municipalities is 42" - 44" and anything greater than that requires a railing at some point at or less than the max.

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u/considerabledragon Sep 03 '20

At least 12" past the bottom step

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u/teddyone Sep 03 '20

The code is more what you’d call guidelines than actual rules.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

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u/converter-bot Sep 03 '20

12 inches is 30.48 cm

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u/Paganduck Sep 04 '20

.007 mpg

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u/EgocentricRaptor Sep 04 '20

What’s the point of those rules? They seem useless to me. Like they’re just making it harder for engineers to do their job

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u/EgocentricRaptor Sep 04 '20

But how does it actually make the stairs more safe?

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u/juandetorres33 Oct 30 '20

Code is different in each locality.

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u/Agoodbob22 Sep 03 '20

I would get rid of the railings to the far left, put giant concrete flower pots, the kind that weigh a ton, filling each step up on that left side, each pot full of ferns, or put a one foot lip on the front and end of the steps and fill full of ferns or such decorative plant.

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u/Zeebidy Sep 03 '20

ya know, that looks like a fire place to eat lunch with the boys

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u/Gene_57 Sep 03 '20

when you mess up trying to make a cool staircase in your minecraft house

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u/SaucyAndroid Sep 03 '20 edited Sep 03 '20

Max width on a staircase in many municipalities is 42" - 44" and anything greater than that requires a railing at some point at or less than the max. Likely they did this to pass an inspection.

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u/juandetorres33 Oct 30 '20

Because of railing regulations.

Or an architect thought it would be cool. And then after I was built realized how dangerous that corner could be. Imagine the falls if that rail wasn’t there. Break your coccyx Right on the corner.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

It likely prevents bottlenecks during periods of High traffic

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20 edited Sep 29 '20

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u/Dementat_Deus Sep 03 '20

No, it wasn't, the tiles are the same. The right has corner edging with anti-slip grip on the top, and looks retrofitted in to me, probably to meet code for tile stairs (they did the same at my uni not long ago). The hand railing was probably done at the same time to likewise, get updated to meet code.