Somebody helped me redoing my staircase and instead of a regular stringer he installed these triangles. Each of the triangle has three 3’’ screws screwed into wood.
Is this safe? How much weight a thread with 2 of these can hold? Should I be worried?
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Well,
If the Sheetrock was gone and you could glue and screw through the back of the riser into the tread it might stiffen it enough to be passable.
Humans of moderate size, probably ok. Refrigerator delivery, maybe not so much.
I’ve lived and worked on places of similar construction. If they were decent we didn’t mess with them.
Why was the old set pulled?
Always testy to reply on non code installs.
The old set was pulled because it was in bad shape, and was covered with marquetry. The guy who helped me thought it was the best decision to pull it.
The staircase goes to the bedrooms, so no refrigerator delivery to the first floor. Maybe bedframes and dressers.
Thanks for your response. Is passable enough? I’ll think about it.
Chill,
If an underline option was available I would have used it under
“might be passable”
I wouldn’t have done it that way, but if you removed the Sheetrock and screwed the risers to the back of the treads and made sure the triangles weren’t or won’t split and fail from rampant fasteners……
It ” might” not fall apart.
Why wasn’t the Sheetrock taken down and the new treads and risers let in like the originals?
My question would be why was this done so strangely and what is the plan for the middle stringer? Stairs are usually something left to more experienced carpenters, but with all of the information online these days even stairs can be properly done by unskilled workers who can search Youtube. I would not consider any of it "passable" even for a DIY project. Those small 2x chunks will fall part in no time at all.
Thanks, that’s what I wanted to know.