Mum is moving into a new build shortly, but (amongst other things) I've got concerns about the stairs. Some of the steps are already dropping as you can see in this photo. With weight on the tread at the bottom of the photo, it's dropped and pulled down the riser opening up the gap that's visible under the left of the next tread up.
I wasn't able to get a phot of the underside of these stairs as they've just fitted the door, it was shut, but no handle fitted yet. What I did see last time I was there (but with no camera) was that they've bodged in lengths of 3x2 under each riser - and it does look bodged. Also, there was clear signs of things having been stuck together with PU foam.
I did get photos under the stairs of the next house along which have the same construction.
Should I be worried ?
I wouldn't have expected stairs to be failing, and be bodged, before the house is even finished. On the one hand, if there's something that needs to be fixed, it's better done now (even though it will significantly delay mum moving) than leaving it until she's already moved in, got carpets down, etc. My concern is that while these steps are open underneath, there's an identical set going up to the 2nd floor - and to do anything with them will mean ripping down the ceiling and so a lot of mess.
As it is, the house has been "ready in a few weeks" since before Christmas. Unfortunately the developer is the person who owned the land, and he's neither any experience in building, nor does he seem to have made much attempt to educate himself in "things to be done" so he keeps coming up with unexpected delays where he either didn't know something needed doing, or didn't know that he had to book them in advance (utility connections were one such delay). But mainly he clearly doesn't know enough to question any trade on their work, and so they can get away with pretty much anything - or so it seems.
I wasn't able to get a phot of the underside of these stairs as they've just fitted the door, it was shut, but no handle fitted yet. What I did see last time I was there (but with no camera) was that they've bodged in lengths of 3x2 under each riser - and it does look bodged. Also, there was clear signs of things having been stuck together with PU foam.
I did get photos under the stairs of the next house along which have the same construction.
Should I be worried ?
I wouldn't have expected stairs to be failing, and be bodged, before the house is even finished. On the one hand, if there's something that needs to be fixed, it's better done now (even though it will significantly delay mum moving) than leaving it until she's already moved in, got carpets down, etc. My concern is that while these steps are open underneath, there's an identical set going up to the 2nd floor - and to do anything with them will mean ripping down the ceiling and so a lot of mess.
As it is, the house has been "ready in a few weeks" since before Christmas. Unfortunately the developer is the person who owned the land, and he's neither any experience in building, nor does he seem to have made much attempt to educate himself in "things to be done" so he keeps coming up with unexpected delays where he either didn't know something needed doing, or didn't know that he had to book them in advance (utility connections were one such delay). But mainly he clearly doesn't know enough to question any trade on their work, and so they can get away with pretty much anything - or so it seems.
