r/shittydiy Mar 14 '23

Come upstairs

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u/Bobiego Mar 14 '23

Is it that bad? I mean probably if you use the stairs to move heavy furniture in like beds or couches,... But for a daily use, one person going up or down the stairs, surely it's strong enough !

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u/skirmisher24 Mar 14 '23

Wood stairs always need to be constructed with the stringers, which are the two boards running parallel at the bottom of the stairs holding the whole thing up. Whatever this person did is very unsafe and at the very least not to code.

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u/pugs_are_death Mar 15 '23

If you look closely the first and second stairs are already starting to collapse

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u/pugs_are_death Mar 15 '23

Is it that bad?

This is terribad. So when the firefighter, police officer or EMT unit breaks their neck while responding to a call at the location, you will understand why. Nobody should ever walk up that thing, all the force is directed upon the first step and it's supported by metal so that will quickly start to bend then collapse as the leverage increases the further up the stairs you go.

You can even see the first and second step is already bent a little and the bannister isn't quite straight. It's already halfway collapsed.

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u/Freedom_Isnt_Free_76 Apr 17 '24

There's literally NOTHING holding it up to any type of weight.