red_lover - ours looked like that at the top and when my boys were young my hubby had to make a contraption to avoid drilling into the banister and then we drilled the swing part into the drywall on the railing side. I wish I had a picture but I don't. We weren't comfortable with a compression fit for DOWNstairs - think it would be okay for going UP. That said I think it depends on how frequent your little one will be over. My sister's kids are younger than mine (lives far so not frequent visits) and for her visits we never had a problem just keeping an eye out. They weren't really too interested in the stairs with all of the activity of the older kids going on.

Why was this posted in manufactured homes? Looks like a carpenter made a goof. And at this point, correcting it will be difficult. You must decide immediately whether to accept it or require that it be corrected. You will be living with the results.

I thank you for your answers. I had someone look and for $400, he can replace the whole thing. The guy was visibly impressed (in a bad way) by how it was attached. We are going to pour a concrete platform/step at the floor level. This will give us enough room to make one section of the "L" have normal tread widths. The inches aren't available on the other part. It will help a little to get them all the same height.

Hi, I usually hang out in building forum but thought this might be better fit here. We need more space in utility room and have to move shower out of that space. Any way to fit a shower in the existing footprint of my bathroom? Maybe a corner shower in front of door? other option is fully enclose stairs but it makes a weird enclosed hall at bottom of stairs I'd like to avoid. plumbing is roughed in so keeping toilet and vanity in same location is huge bonus but can be moved if needed. Help appreciated!!! Thank you!