Steep stairs are one thing, but putting carpet on them is just asking to slip.
Yeah, shoulda done Teflon.
And install some sprinklers.
Extreme inner city house attic stairs vibes. Anything goes with attic stairs!
You’ll be thankful for anything more sloped than a ladder 😂
It’s illegal tho
Depends.
Houses that were built before specific regulations came into force are almost always grandfathered into the old ones.
I myself live in a house built in 1900 which has steep stairs that would be illegal today, but it predates the regs and gets a pass.
Clearly this depends on Jurisdiction, but for example grandfathered in electrical outlets are fine but kitchens and bathrooms almost always need more expensive ground faulted receptacles according to the National Electric Code. When human health and safety is a clear immediate risk such as this then it usually has to be torn out.
In California they have CEBC based on the IEBC, which requires old buildings to meet their own separate building codes.
I’ve been looking for attic stair options. Anything that easier to carry/slide boxes down than a ladder.
“Stairs” that ever Spiderman would reconsider…
When my siblings and I were kids, we would ride laundry baskets down the stairs.
These stairs would be fucking rad to do that with.
Riding the laundry basket off the roof would be more comparable
Once, anyway.
Just give me a sec to put on my jump kit.
One of the ladders aboard my carrier that led down to DC Central was a bit steeper than that. The first time most people saw it, they couldn’t believe how close to an ordinary vertical ladder it was.
To add to the chaos, the handrails on either side were way too far apart to use with both hands. And as if that wasn’t enough of nightmare, and a scuttle right above it that I had to pass through with my duty belt on. Carriers are death traps, and should qualify a sailor for HDIP.
Dutch stairs. Yes, they’re like that.
Yep can confirm this is standard issue in slightly older Dutch houses.
My old house had some steep stairs that felt like this.
My wife broke her ankle on them, fun story… Nope. That sucked.
Laddairs, it’s French.
you must go doon before you go ooot
Everyone worrying about getting up. I’d be more concerned about the way down on these.
My exact thought. I could get up on the balls of my feet, but my ass is falling down those stairs, for sure, on the way down.
I think the trick is to not think of them so much as difficult stairs but as an easier rock climb.
Indeed.
Took me a while to consider if this was an art piece. They were functional and used by many people, IIRC.
When does a stairs become a ladder?
When the steps transform into rungs.
House of Leaves vibes
Wtf, why didn’t you tell me you were coming over?
(Thankfully not nearly as steep)
Where I come from we call these, “up only” stairs. Kind of like how Perl is a write-only language.
I guarantee I can get down them. Very quickly.
At this point, just use a ladder. It’d be safer too.
