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Finished exterior stairs after initial write up

jar546

jar546

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Not sure they get it. Don't know why I wasted my time citing code sections from the IRC.

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Have patience, they're gettin' there. A couple more on the landing and they'll be fine. You might try getting away from "quoting" the IRC and "act it out" instead. More like a TV show.

The guards are a common fix for basement or back stairs where I come from, but what's holding the stairs up? Are those 1x3's?
 
What is the problem, the slope of the landing, the handrail gripping surface, open risers, guardrail openings and I am going to guess that drywall screws hold it all together. I am sure the homeowner is more than happy with their efforts. When did jar visit my community?
 
Jar,

Not like you have a lot of time, but you might want to carry a copy of a sketch noting what compliance looks like with code section summary notes.

I found it works great when explaining to people what is wrong.

The SMA's Viz guides are great for those that can read, but to many pages for most that build a landing, stairs, guard and handrail like that and then ask you what is wrong.

Picture is worth 1,000 words, of with this maybe $35.00 bucks of scrap from a dumpster

Gotta love NE-PA.....
 
hey, I just saw some 7/11 stairs in a house exterior stairway (actually, they were 11/7.. is there a difference)? I struggled to get up them as I have short legs..

Oh.. no handrail, either
 
steveray said:
You can send people to stairways.org I believe it is.....they have a good guide to IRC stairs....with lots of pretty pictures!
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Our beloved stairways.org is now charging a fee for downloading or printing of the 2009 stairway guide.
 
All they gotta do is bring that dirt that's in the background in and place it around the stairs so it's only a couple of risers and the problem is solved!

Why do you inspectors have to make everything so complicated?
 
They are only 4 bucks. I spend more than that on ice cream every day. Mmmmmmm Snickers ice cream bars...make you want to slap yo' momma! :oops
 
Interesting handrail.. I don't think there is a section that requires it on the inside of the guard?

edit: uh I just noticed the first 3 steps have a different stringer than the rest.. and it looks like it's pieced together? :popcorn
 
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