these stairs are going to be the death of me.pls help!
I’m getting ready to reno my townhome. A top priority are these stairs. There are 13 very steep steps that go straight up. The top has the min 3 ft depth until you run into a bedroom door. The bottom has an immediate opening on the right (3ft wide) and an addition 2.5 ft to the front door.
I will be closing off the floating stairs, replacing the railings/ banister. Most importantly I need to find a way to make these stairs safer, hopefully by creating less of an incline
The only idea I can come up with is to close off the existing entry at the top and create a new entry on the top left instead which would open toward a bathroom. If I do this, and create 1-2 steps down, then have a small landing to turn right down to the first floor will this help with the issue?
As you can see I don’t have room for a switch back, spiral staircases would not pass inspection die to fire hazard. I’m trying to do this without compromising the frame of the home. I cannot add stairs to the top or bottom as is. There is no room. Please take a look at the pics I’ve attached. Completely perplexed. Thanks for your ideas !
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last yearlast modified: last yeari had a similar situation and I had the room to turn the last 3 stairs. The extra landing made a world of difference to the perception of danger with the steepness. I don't know if you have the room for it however.
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3 months agoHi all. It’s been a while! I’m not moving. I just bought the house and have been renovating since the. You’re right. The stairs on not steep. It was my perception. I’m finally at the point where I can put some of your ideas to place. I’m going to leave them floating. Install new railings, balusters and replace the tread. The treads were the only thing not to code. I don’t have enough room to build a landing so they have to remain as is and the kitchen plans were done when someone on here gave me the idea. I would have loved to do that. Simply not enough room. Here is a current picture. Please excuse the remodel mess. Floor install next week. I also attached a picture of the end goal.
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