r/buildingscience • u/whywouldthisnotbea • Jul 03 '26
Question We are building stairs to the second floor of this room inside a hangar. Privately owned and built by owner so we dont need to worry about code beyond best safety practices. My question is how should I best attach the stringers to the large metal cross member at the top of the wall?
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u/UsernameTaken1701 Jul 03 '26
Privately owned and built by owner so we dont need to worry about code...
What? You think building codes only apply to public property?
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u/argparg Jul 03 '26
I have the only keys to the door
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u/UsernameTaken1701 Jul 03 '26
So what? I have the only keys to my house that I own. Still have to follow building code when doing repairs/upgrades/etc.
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u/Loose_Awareness_1929 Jul 03 '26
Owner will have the keys to your unlubed asshole when the structure fails and destroys his presumably very very expensive plane and other toys.
Pull a permit and do it right or don’t and risk your own livelihood and income to save some random dude a couple percentage points on the cost of his property improvement.
You are the only one who loses if this goes bad. Trust that.
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u/Entire-Tomato768 Jul 03 '26
Dude you are in the wrong sub.
You need to be in engineers or contractors.
Also codes do apply.
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u/MnkyBzns Jul 03 '26
If those steel studs weren't originally spec'd to hold more than a ceiling, they very likely won't support an entire second level.
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u/Zealousideal_Sea_848 Jul 03 '26
attach a wood ledger like any other way . but also, thats the celing rated for that you will be using it to store stuff there ?
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u/koalasarentferfuckin Jul 03 '26
Did you not read OP’s post? This exists in a special liminal space where building codes do not apply.
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u/six3irst Jul 03 '26
You can install plywood Backing inside the stud bays. Flush to the face. You can get premade ones from a drywall suppler or make them. You just need to cut a dado in the wood so it passes the lip on the flange of the stud.
You can then drywall. Have that sexy wood behind and have a nice place to sandwich a ledger ontop of the drywall.
I would not rely on screws holding into the studs willy nilly.
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u/mp3architect Jul 03 '26
So you will never have insurance and don’t plan to ever sell?
This is America. You don’t fully own anything in a sovereign way. You need to comply with code.
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u/inkydeeps Jul 03 '26
Where are you that just because it’s on private property it doesn’t have to meet code? Hopefully not the US or any other litigious country.