This is why you need good drawings (or contractor w/ common sense) 13

[COEngineeer]

The photo and the plan explains it all. Enjoy

 

[IceNine]

a star for making me laugh

 

[MadMango]

Nice spot for a potted shrub!

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[COEngineeer]

Since they added another riser, each riser is probably only 5" high.

 

[JAE]

Ha!

Very good, COEngineeer!

Lineweights do matter, do they not?

 

[yogia]

Hi COEngineer:

So, for a play on your words ... one needs good drawings and a contractor with common sense. This should make a good text-book illustration.

Yogi Anand, D.Eng, P.E.
Energy Efficient Building Network LLC
ANAND Enterprises LLC

http://www.energyefficientbuild.com

 

[COEngineeer]

Yup they do, and putting the tag the same spacing as the risers don't help either.

 

[civilperson]

Can't build stairs from plan view. Detail leaders are unnecessary if only one detail close to label.

 

[DonPhillips]

I would think the building inspector will require the landing to meet the minimum 5' depth required by code.

Don Phillips

http://worthingtonengineering.com

 

[dik]

Had you not doctored the photo, I wouldn't have believed it...

Dik

 

[NewImhotep]

OMG !

 

[minorchord2000]

Everyone in our office is laughing out loud as I type this.

What a classic boner!!!!!

Stupid is as stupid does.

 

[miecz]

Looks to me like the contractor was trying to make a point.

 

[JStephen]

I would be curious if you have any additional information on this? (IE, is it an actual picture of a stairway that was constructed from that actual drawing?)

 

[COEngineeer]

No I dont have anymore information. Yes, that is the actual picture from that drawing.

 

[BigInch]

Who are we laughing at here? The draftsman or the builder. No, its both!

BigInch-born in the trenches.

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[BSE05]

Good laugh for a cold Monday am in NE. I would love to have seen the architect's reaction when he discovered this and heard the contractor's explaination.

 

[COEngineeer]

I wouldnt blame it on the architect. I think his drawing is not that confusing. You can see the line doesnt go all the way to the wall.

 

[BigInch]

Yup, but that's exactly why the step doesn't go all the way to the wall either.

Since when have detail callouts been allowed to be stuck on the object to be constructed? The callout is also missing the arrowhead and I assume the heavy broken line is a hidden pedestal below.

Can't figure why the contractor didn't paint "2/A6.10" on the two stair treads though.

BigInch-born in the trenches.

http://virtualpipeline.spaces.msn.com

 

[DRW75]

Fantastic... I love it.

This is the kind of mistake everyone can laugh at because there is really no damage here! a fantastic place for a shrub as was said earlier.

if in doubt... ASK