Stairway to hell

kaiser715

kaiser715

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Walked thru a house under construction today. Customer had bought canned plans, then had them modified.

Master suite downstairs, 2 bedrooms and a bath upstairs.

Just shy of the top, the stairs make a 90* turn. Landing has a 45* turning step. There is a closet at the landing....step up to the closet door is maybe 16". Going into the hallway, though....that last step up is only about 1/2 height. I'll be surprised if either passes.

Pics in a minute, will post from my phone....
 
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Closet straight ahead...maybe 16" step. Closet is deep enough you'd go in and out....stepping back out, I can see landing on that 45* and breaking a leg....

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Short step to the left... first step after the 45 step is normal 7/7.5 or so...last step is about 4 or 5"

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That closet can't pass. It can't have an outswing door because of the landing size (well, lack of landing), and the step height is too great. I don't even build houses and I can see that shit...

If there's room to move the staircase back, it could join the closet and the hallway or whatever at the 90degree area with a single landing and both be at the same height.

I could kinda see the mechanical closet thing, but then you'd have to look at an access door floating in the middle of the wall as you look straight up the staircase.
 
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It looks to me like this must have either been a dead space, or a closet for one of those adjoining rooms, and somebody just decided to remove the wall there.
 
Space could have been used better.

The "adjoining room", to the left of the closet, is a jack'n'jill type bathroom....tub room in the middle, flanked on either side by a 'room' about 3'x10'...toilet at far end, sink at near end.

Also, this closet does have a can light in it, and a wall switch inside the door.
 
I'd say it'll pass. Inspector won't like it but someone will sweet talk him and stuff and it'll go. Bad idea/design? Hell yeah. But I see it getting the go ahead. Just no door on it.
 
Well it doesnt meet code, thats for sure. 7" max riser height, 6" min is standard on non residential/public. I would figure the same applies in residential.
 
JSJJ388 said:
Well it doesnt meet code, thats for sure. 7" max riser height, 6" min is standard on non residential/public. I would figure the same applies in residential.
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Riser height is a little more flexible in residential but all risers in a run have to be the same.
 
trailhugger said:
Riser height is a little more flexible in residential but all risers in a run have to be the same.
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Thats about what I figured. We are allowed 1/16" deviation in riser height.
 
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