Apartment stairs, replaced to code.

The city required the old exterior stairs at an apartment property to be replaced. We handled the structural design and permitting, and the new stairs and guardrails passed every inspection.

LocationNear North Loop, Austin

ScopeStructural design, permits, inspections

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Looking up the finished staircase from the bottom tread, with black guardrails and handrails on both sides

Why they had to be replaced.

The existing stairs were not up to code, and the city required them to be replaced.

We did the structural design and the permitting, and the work went through third-party structural inspections.

The new stairs and guardrails passed all inspections. They are up to code and structurally sound.

More about commercial

Before, during and after.

Old exterior metal staircase at a two-story brick apartment building, with rusted stringers and worn treads — **Before** The old stairs and landing

Close-up of the old stair treads with rusted steel edges and a corroded bracket — **Before** Rusted treads and brackets

Underside of the old stair landing with rusted, flaking metal decking — **Before** The underside of the old landing

Rebar grid tied inside a form with a tape measure laid across it — **During** Rebar tied and checked for spacing

New steel stair stringers and landing frame set in place beside the apartment walkway — **During** New steel stringers and landing frame

New concrete treads set on the steel stringers, with the upper treads still to go — **During** Concrete treads going on

Finished black steel staircase with concrete treads, handrails and guardrails on both sides — **After** New stairs, handrails and guardrails

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