101 Staircases That Defy Logic and Risk Your Life—Would You Dare to Climb?

101 Staircases That Defy Logic and Risk Your Life—Would You Dare to Climb?

However, designing private or public staircases means that you’ve got customers and their wants and needs to consider. You cannot and should not put their safety in last place.

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Finally Found Something To Add To The Group. 7 Foot Tall Winding Green Stair Case On A Children’s Playground. Each Step Is About An Inch Long With Large Drops Between Each Step

Green plastic playground stairs with unusually narrow and steep steps, making them a death stairs hazard.

Adam Rasmussen Report

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You’ve also got to consider what materials you use. Try to think about the building’s purpose itself, as well as the future wear and tear the stairs are going to experience.

Some materials might be extra slippery, so you want to avoid those. Others might make people’s footsteps echo incredibly loudly, which would be annoying in, say, a hospital or office setting. And you don’t want to use materials that will get scuffed and break apart very quickly. You want resilience.

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There needs to be proper communication between the people on the design side of things and the contractors who actually turn their drawings into reality. According to This is Carpentry, builders ought to review their architects’ blueprints very carefully. “Don’t assume that they know the code requirements in your area or have accurately measured the site conditions.”

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In My Short Term Rental This Weekend. A Set Of Wooden Stairs At About A 70 Degree Pitch And Treads That Are About 5 Inches Deep

Wooden death stairs with narrow steps and railing inside a cozy home featuring a TV and small decorative items below.

Ben Hawkins Report

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Which of these staircases from hell would you be most scared to go up or down, dear Pandas? Though, putting safety concerns aside for a moment, which flights of stairs impressed you the most with its aesthetics?

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