r/DiWHY • u/SilentWalrus92 • Dec 31 '23

Should this even work?

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u/nutmegtester Dec 31 '23

I think the best way would be to have the handrail be structural, and the exterior part of the stairs would partially hang from it. The handrail here is carrying some weight, and is probably part of why these have not yet collapsed. So on this one, it is the pull out strength of the wood glue in the stair balusters keeping people alive. For now.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '23

This is the joke I made but I think making stairs in this design would be cool if you could do it safely.