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Hey hunny I just watched DIY lets cut these joists and move the stairs to the other side of the home. Better yet lets forget about properly supporting them! sorry, I had some showing the full structure but the clients head is in the way in them! A2Z Home Inspections Chris Duphily RR 1 Box 1107 Dingmans Ferry, PA 18328 Office: 570-371-6696 NACHI06092689 Proudly serving: Stroudsburg PA,Dingmans Ferry PA, Scranton PA and all of: Monroe,Pike,Wayne,lackawanna counties http://www.a2zpa.com http://www.a2zpainspections.com President - Pocono-Northeast PA Chapter of interNACHI Last edited by cduphily; 6/11/08 at 12:35 AM.. |
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relliott is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
So what are the joists at the top stair riser supporting now, that he would even lleave them there.
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A2Z Home Inspections Chris Duphily RR 1 Box 1107 Dingmans Ferry, PA 18328 Office: 570-371-6696 NACHI06092689 Proudly serving: Stroudsburg PA,Dingmans Ferry PA, Scranton PA and all of: Monroe,Pike,Wayne,lackawanna counties http://www.a2zpa.com http://www.a2zpainspections.com President - Pocono-Northeast PA Chapter of interNACHI |
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relliott is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
yeah I feel your pain as the sellers came home while I was getting a ladder for the attic and I noticed my camera LCD screen cracked.
Told my client and she said real loud in front of the sellers , gee what happened to your camera to see if they would fess up. Oh well at least it still works. |
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ckratzer is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
Hard to tell from a photo but it looks as though the header is resting on the block wall and maybe the other side is a double joist?
If the span is within acceptable limits that install would be O.K. Although the lack of joist hangers is a problem. |
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the lack of a handrail and that the "winder" portion on the stair does not appear to meet the 6" minimum rule of the IRC. |
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ckratzer is a non-member guest and is in no way affiliated with InterNACHI or its members.
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In addition ,the stairs appear to be more narrow than the required minimum of 36". Hard to tell from the photo though. |
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It ends at the stringers at both sides. What you see is another cut joist giving the appearance of the header continuing to the wall. Home owner was not home when I got there to take more pics ... at least the camera appears to be "ok" but I am getting a back up next week. Quote:
... Width was ok - 38" wide, No handrail and the winder was not to "minimum standards" A2Z Home Inspections Chris Duphily RR 1 Box 1107 Dingmans Ferry, PA 18328 Office: 570-371-6696 NACHI06092689 Proudly serving: Stroudsburg PA,Dingmans Ferry PA, Scranton PA and all of: Monroe,Pike,Wayne,lackawanna counties http://www.a2zpa.com http://www.a2zpainspections.com President - Pocono-Northeast PA Chapter of interNACHI |
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Does the IRC or IBC list requirements for wood stairs? For example: Spacing between stringers, minimum stringer dimensions, support or securing methods at top and bottom of stringers (as seen in Chris's right-side picture), thickness of treads in relation to material type, face grains, slip-resistance finishes, etc. Is all that stuff for wooden stairs grouped or listed together somewhere in the code? (I can't find anything....)
BEN GROMICKO Director of InterNACHI Online Education President of NACHI.TV - Online Training Videos President of Mountain Warranty Corporation ben@nachi.tv (303)862-2611 ben@mountainwarranty.com IMPROVE YOUR REPORT |
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badair ADAIR INSPECTION 972-487-5634 Residential-Commercial-Construction-EIFS-Infrared Thermography TREC # 4563 EDI: EIFS-MA TX # 39 2008 US Member of the Year life is the random lottery of events followed by numerous narrow escapes...accept the good |
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Barry,
Yeah, great.... But what about my question. That document has nothing about the things that I asked about. Quoting me: "...Spacing between stringers, minimum stringer dimensions, support or securing methods at top and bottom of stringers (as seen in Chris's right-side picture), thickness of treads in relation to material type, face grains, slip-resistance finishes, etc..." BEN GROMICKO Director of InterNACHI Online Education President of NACHI.TV - Online Training Videos President of Mountain Warranty Corporation ben@nachi.tv (303)862-2611 ben@mountainwarranty.com IMPROVE YOUR REPORT Last edited by bgromicko; 1/22/08 at 1:26 AM.. |
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In Pennsylvania, (if built and/or permitted before July 2005) the stairs most likely meet code.
Sad but True. Joseph P. Hagarty joseph.hagarty@comcast.net Main Line Inspections, Inc. Phone: 610-399-3675 Email: MainLineHI@comcast.net http://pa.nachi.org/mainlinepa/about.html http://www.householdinspector.com National President / NACHI (2003-2004) NACHI Education Committee Member |
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Cyr Home and Commercial Property Inspections IAC2 Certified NACHI04070211 http://co.nachi.org/inachiawards Commercial Builder CertainTeed Master Shingle Applicator Shingle Technology Ouellet Associaties Inc. http://www.oaconstruction.com/ |
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