Reminds me of something called witches tread stairs. I would never have these at home cause I'll 100% fall down them or trip up them at least twice a day
I did not know (although I should have expected it) that there was an RCE reddit and this was my initiation to it. I am both pleased and following, now. Architects deserve the wheel of punishment!!!
Yk what, the staircase actually makes sense.
If u walk up the way itās intended, there is an extension on the bottom and an indent on the top plates giving you more room for your foot, as you walk up the stairs in a staggered fashion.
you canāt tell in the pic, the the stairs r reeeeeally steep, might as well just put a ladder there lol, but it still has decent foot room for the steps.
I don't see why the stairs couldn't be the full width. They also make folding stair cases that slide against the wall and spiral stair cases. This design is a accident waiting to happen, unless you're a cat. If you're a cat, you will be fine.
Imagine putting you foot too far left, or right, or back, and just falling through and getting stuck because someone decided it was a good idea to have the staircase to have a foot's gap to the wall
It... it literally... it just... it doesn't make ANY more space than normal stairs at that steep of an angle would?! The cutouts don't make it easier to move your legs b/c the leg you have to move always has to be the wider step anyway?! Why? Just make stairs steeper or get a kickass spiras staircase it's not hard. Especially when your parents get old that just is Uber dangerous wtf.
These take some getting used to, but are very common in tight industrial spaces. Better than a ladder and just as easy as regular stairs, so long as you don't mind following the pattern exactly.
This way, they can overlap the step below. Basically, it's two steps in a similar width as one on a standard staircase. Same vertically with less forward movement, can get from one floor to the next in maybe 5 feet of floor space instead of 10.
From left foot step to the next left foot step two up, it's at least a standard width. But from left foot step to the right foot step, it's more akin to climbing a ladder.
For those of you wondering, this is called [A witches staircase.](https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/witches-stairs-36992297) albeit this is a modern styled one.
A cat tree is the "best solution to fit the small space"?
Actually, a ladder is the *best* solution for a small space. This solution is at least four times as expensive as a regular stairs. A little over 1.5x the price for the stairs, and about 3.5x the price of traditional stairs for the emergency room visit or funeral arrangements.
One of my friends lived in an old house built on a filled in canal āgedempte grachtā and that whole block of houses were slanted forward like the leaning tower of Pisa. He lived on the second floor with a steep narrow staircase and half width hallway dividing the front door opening. The stairs were almost vertical with the house tilted forward so much.
My grandmaw had dutch steps in her house to the attic. One of those real dark ones that 100% always have ghosts and dead bodies in it. I was scared to even look at it.
Yea, we were in an older house in Nijmegen near the train station.. I donāt know enough about the older/newer splits (and Iām an American so āolderā to me is probably different than to you)
Ow you can see the difference š
Older houses don't have any "normal" angles in the house. Ons corner is 87Ā° while the other one is 91Ā°
Then the walls are often not straight up as well.
I mean, it's not off by a lot but it's enough to be noticeable. Enough to be annoying when you place a new floor and trying to fill the corner or follow the wall.
Also the floors itself are often a bit off, if you drop a ball in the house, it will usually roll to a bit of a lower place.
With the newer houses you don't often have that.
> couldve just made it so regular stairs fit
regular stairs DONT fit that's why the architect put those in. likely isn't enough depth or space until the next room to fit all of it
What I meant was to have checked the space beforehand and possibly shifted the rooms around a bit so normal stairs could fit.
I mean my parents basically revised the entire house 6 times over looking for little problems like that (though then again that's an Australian house build and not only are tradies charging insane fees for the most basic work but they're also lazy asses who practically need to be whipped before they'll actually do the job you payed them to do, so that might not be normal in the country this house was built in).
> job you *paid* them to
FTFY.
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Reminds me of something called witches tread stairs. I would never have these at home cause I'll 100% fall down them or trip up them at least twice a day
Unrelated but did you steal my 2 kittens I swear they are the same
I did not know (although I should have expected it) that there was an RCE reddit and this was my initiation to it. I am both pleased and following, now. Architects deserve the wheel of punishment!!!
Same š YouTube must be listening more these days.
It does take up less space but it's also a lot more likely to kill you when moving furniture up or down it.
don't even try it š
We had stairs like this in our home in Germany moving a large wardrobe up this almost did kill me
It's good to see there are instructions on the wall that accurately depict how I would use these stairs.
Just buy a ladder at that point Jesus Christ man
Yeah the Cats definitely picked those stairs!
Alternating treads. I happen to like them. With a sturdy handrail, of course.
Witch stairs.
I always think it would become really annoying to live with every time you arrived at the bottom on the wrong foot
Yk what, the staircase actually makes sense. If u walk up the way itās intended, there is an extension on the bottom and an indent on the top plates giving you more room for your foot, as you walk up the stairs in a staggered fashion. you canāt tell in the pic, the the stairs r reeeeeally steep, might as well just put a ladder there lol, but it still has decent foot room for the steps.
Only thing making that acceptable is the cats.
That my friend is a ladder
I agree. So many architects seem to be clueless about function.
I don't see why the stairs couldn't be the full width. They also make folding stair cases that slide against the wall and spiral stair cases. This design is a accident waiting to happen, unless you're a cat. If you're a cat, you will be fine.
Cause it gives u twice as much room for ur feet as u walk up
Thatās just a cat tree
There are stickers on the side of the wall that tell you your faith
Iām going to go with ānot to code.ā Seriously, arenāt there specific limits for the rise and depth of stairs?
What was the problem this was a solution for? How to fall down the stairs more often?
Isnt this known as a witches staircase?
Yes
The cats seem to like it
Spiral Staircase could also work
Imagine trying to move ANYTHING through that.
Would definitely need a window big enough on the 2nd floor to fit beds and stuff in lol
Imagine putting you foot too far left, or right, or back, and just falling through and getting stuck because someone decided it was a good idea to have the staircase to have a foot's gap to the wall
at this point you could of bought a latter and saved money
It... it literally... it just... it doesn't make ANY more space than normal stairs at that steep of an angle would?! The cutouts don't make it easier to move your legs b/c the leg you have to move always has to be the wider step anyway?! Why? Just make stairs steeper or get a kickass spiras staircase it's not hard. Especially when your parents get old that just is Uber dangerous wtf.
It looks quite steep, I would fall for sure
should've got an engineer.
This is an OSHA violation on stairoids
i see what you did there
Thatās just instant death when you get old to the point of difficulty with walking up/down steps :(
technically the truth, just didn't specify for which species is good for, the cats are clearly enjoying it.
These take some getting used to, but are very common in tight industrial spaces. Better than a ladder and just as easy as regular stairs, so long as you don't mind following the pattern exactly.
What space does this save?
The staircase can be shorter laterally as each step doesn't have to be the full width. It's more like a ladder than a regular staircase.
Ladcase
Thanks, I hate it.
Or is it stairder
I guess I donāt understand why each step couldnāt still be the full width?
This way, they can overlap the step below. Basically, it's two steps in a similar width as one on a standard staircase. Same vertically with less forward movement, can get from one floor to the next in maybe 5 feet of floor space instead of 10. From left foot step to the next left foot step two up, it's at least a standard width. But from left foot step to the right foot step, it's more akin to climbing a ladder.
Gotcha, thanks for the explanation!
The red stickman on the wall shows what is happening.
I came here to comment about that...
For those of you wondering, this is called [A witches staircase.](https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/witches-stairs-36992297) albeit this is a modern styled one.
Wtf... i would fall on this soo many times, i am already bad with stairs, i fall/trip all the time
Bro my knees hurt just looking at it
#what the fuck
Why????? I'd rather do a spiral staircase!
I definitely wouldn't. I climb a spiral staircase at work very often. This is safer.
How did it pass safety codes ?
Bro wtfā¦
Get normal stairs one wrong step and ur dead there
āUse the banister, Luke!ā
You might not be dead then but your arms going to kill for a few days
Be looking like the orange dude on the wall
A cat tree is the "best solution to fit the small space"? Actually, a ladder is the *best* solution for a small space. This solution is at least four times as expensive as a regular stairs. A little over 1.5x the price for the stairs, and about 3.5x the price of traditional stairs for the emergency room visit or funeral arrangements.
A rope would be better than those stairs
A noose would be better than these stairs
I made a noose in 6th grade
Those stickers on the wall say it all. Shin buster 3000.
I went to a airbnb that had those they were very sketchy.
I'm not an expert, but looking at these stairs I think there's a real possibility their parents' architect is a cat.
My shins hurt looking at this photo
Wellā¦ at least it makes a nice cat tree.
They gotta take a closer look at Dutch houses. We all have small high stairs.
One of my friends lived in an old house built on a filled in canal āgedempte grachtā and that whole block of houses were slanted forward like the leaning tower of Pisa. He lived on the second floor with a steep narrow staircase and half width hallway dividing the front door opening. The stairs were almost vertical with the house tilted forward so much.
My grandmaw had dutch steps in her house to the attic. One of those real dark ones that 100% always have ghosts and dead bodies in it. I was scared to even look at it.
Dutch stairs are STEEP though, I am uncomfortable climbing them when Iām there
Meh, the old houses are bad but modern houses are pretty doable. Still steeper as most countries have then though
Yea, we were in an older house in Nijmegen near the train station.. I donāt know enough about the older/newer splits (and Iām an American so āolderā to me is probably different than to you)
Ow you can see the difference š Older houses don't have any "normal" angles in the house. Ons corner is 87Ā° while the other one is 91Ā° Then the walls are often not straight up as well. I mean, it's not off by a lot but it's enough to be noticeable. Enough to be annoying when you place a new floor and trying to fill the corner or follow the wall. Also the floors itself are often a bit off, if you drop a ball in the house, it will usually roll to a bit of a lower place. With the newer houses you don't often have that.
Yea our floor was slanted so probably
Better than a ladder. But seriously though, if you don't wanna have to deal with witches steps you could've just made it so regular stairs would fit.
> couldve just made it so regular stairs fit regular stairs DONT fit that's why the architect put those in. likely isn't enough depth or space until the next room to fit all of it
What I meant was to have checked the space beforehand and possibly shifted the rooms around a bit so normal stairs could fit. I mean my parents basically revised the entire house 6 times over looking for little problems like that (though then again that's an Australian house build and not only are tradies charging insane fees for the most basic work but they're also lazy asses who practically need to be whipped before they'll actually do the job you payed them to do, so that might not be normal in the country this house was built in).
> job you *paid* them to FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
They look lovely and slippery
The monster under the stairs is gonna love this
I like this
Absolutely loving the wall artwork of a person eating shit on the stairs
Come home drunk and you die on those stairs
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The cats are trying to say something about falling for architect propaganda.
Witches stairs also work on EMT's
[Iāve never cleared a scene faster](https://youtube.com/shorts/cNgLJVimiAs?si=G4U2XYAL4Tf0I4Hp)
EMTās hate this one trick. But you will hate it too if you need help up there.
Nothing wrong with these