Continuation of Non-Compliant Stair

[GHRoberts]

It appears that TimNY has a found a statute that provides reasonable relief to the home owner.

If I was the AHJ. I would file an appeal for the home owner indicating that the AHJ had no objection to relief based on TimNY's statute.

 

[peach]

IRC Appendix J does the same thing.

 

[TimNY]

peach I'm looking at AJ601.3 "all new constructed elements shall comply with this code".

Granted, NYS has modified AJ, but I don't see how you would get around AJ601.3?

 

[dchin]

Thanks everyone for the discussions - very interesting as usual. I have abandoned the idea of trying to continue the stair up to the third floor as if it were a continuation of the original existing staircase. I came to the same conclusion as Uncle Bob that it would be dangerous to go from a compliant stair run to a non-compliant run.

Donald