Hi all. I'm hoping for some advice about an outside staircase. Single storey.
A builder has made this, but all the treads are fixed to the stringers with three screws at each end, into the endgrain, just butt joint. In places you can see light between the end of the tread and the stringer, and even though its been lightly used for less than a week you can see some of the treads move as you put weight on them.
I'm hoping someone can tell me if this is ok. There are other issues too but this is the most worrying one.
I have put some photos on photobucket goto second page, about 10 pics in. http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/alan4la/library/
hope this link is ok to post. Too tired / panicy to reread forum rules...
Many thanks in advance
Alan
A builder has made this, but all the treads are fixed to the stringers with three screws at each end, into the endgrain, just butt joint. In places you can see light between the end of the tread and the stringer, and even though its been lightly used for less than a week you can see some of the treads move as you put weight on them.
I'm hoping someone can tell me if this is ok. There are other issues too but this is the most worrying one.
I have put some photos on photobucket goto second page, about 10 pics in. http://s1379.photobucket.com/user/alan4la/library/
hope this link is ok to post. Too tired / panicy to reread forum rules...
Many thanks in advance
Alan