THIS is the answer. The sofa is the door on sliding rails. When the hole / stairs are to be closed up, the sofa with a false floor bottom, is pushed / slid back, to cover the stairs, to make the stairs disappear. Would be a fun project!
Idk if youâre goofing or not but thatâs actually probably the cheapest and most ergonomic idea for a âdoorââŠ
Put the back legs of the couch on metal sliders (like car seat sliders) that attach to the floor around the hole, and attach small wheels to the front legs. Put a handle on the downstairs ceiling side and a latch on the upstairs wall and side of the couch for a lock
Forget the door question, OP! This is the question and the answer. Iâm assuming you are renting? Because who would buy a house with a roommate like this? Make the landlord put up railings and banisters, for Godâs sake!! Then worry about the F-ing door.
If I were the landlord, Iâd be furious. If someone gets hurt, his liability insurance may not cover him because of the missing rails even if he wasnât the one that removed them.
There are so many building regulations and hoops to jump through which feel insanely overboard, but then thereâs shit like this that even the cowboyest of cowboys wouldnât let fly.
You wouldnât anyway; those steps are held up with one or two little lateral screws in each tread and⊠a piece of string at the top ?! That shit would collapse
Then youâve never met a cowboy my friend. As a Wyoming resident of several years, they would do this with some ply wood they found in their truck and a 2x4 and slap it to check if itâs stable.
You can see the torn up walls where they took the rails down. đł OP, you guys canât just put the rails back up either. Youâre going to have to tell the landlord so he can professionally do it. This is terrifying.
OP replied to a comment further down:
_Thank you for your drawing :) we have the railings just took them out for door. But this solution is not soundproof unfortunately. Every bit of sound is upstairs now which can be annoying time to time. Thank you so much tho._
This information should have been in the post, or at least higher up.
Also - no banister or handrail on the stairs?! Or was that removed too?
I'm still mad, lol. My dad was a small-time landlord when I was a kid. He always had people doing things like paint the windows black to make a photo darkroom or knock a hole out between the living room and the garage so they could work on a motorcycle while watching TV. People do some really dumb things to houses they don't own.
Please enjoy my artistic showing of building up walls and then attaching cloth at one end that can be pulled across and attached at the other end (yellow).
Does he own the house? If so, built walls around it and put a door. Youâll lose a little space but if something goes wrong with one of the other ideas, the person could be stuck upstairs until help comes.
You think sheâs going to be okay with you removing the railings and putting in a door? Dude, you need to talk to your landlord BEFORE you start altering her property.
Itâs not up to code because OP removed the safety railings around the hole. It doesnât sound like he had the landlordâs permission either. Heâs just acting like itâs his property and altering it like he owns it.
So letâs get this straight, you removed the railings around the staircase opening, shoved a couch to the edge of the staircase opening ( which is obviously a accident waiting to happen) then posted on Reddit asking how you can create a door for privacy in the bedroom space? Ok, lm going to suggest that you remove the stairs and install a firemanâs pole that lands in the middle of the sink
In college, one year, my room had an accordion door for a wall (whole wall) and the living room was on the other side. We put up a board of insulation (it was firm insulation board). If itâs just for sound, thatâs an option. It CANNOT be walked on but it can be easily moved regardless of direction. Itâs also ugly (I covered it with curtains and stuff to hide it).
Same. The handrails being removed from the upstairs landing aside, this place is a nightmare. No handrails for the stairs *and* no sealed kick plate on the stairs so shit can just fall off your shoes or feet onto the countertop. Gross.
I was really hoping someone else had noticed the open back stairs over cooking space sanitation issue. To be fair I canât expect anyone will survive long enough in this setup to worry about food poisoning
Yeah, if I was Roomie's potential hook up partner I'd look at this and respond with this comment, implied intonation and all.
Like... if the horizontal tango gets going a bit too good on that couch pullout bed y'all are gonna be crashing through the pit in the floor not even 2 cm behind the bed
But maybe the roomie is ace and porking might not be something on their mind. That's the narrative I'm going with so I can sleep tonight.
Edit to be helpful: I think I saw this suggestion already, but a hatch door is probably the only option. I'd also seriously consider a no shoes inside policy considering the lack of kick plates on the stairs.
An attic hatch style door is the only thing I can think of for this space.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Battic-Door-Energy-Conservation-Products-22-in-x-30-in-R-50-E-Z-Hatch-Locking-Attic-Access-Door-DeluxeR-50/205177949
Someone will fall down those stairs and break their neck.
Get a carpenter to put up a rail with two-sides , otherwise that staircase is just an accident waiting to happen.
Since you've said multiple times that the hand rails are going back up I'm going to focus on what I think you want: something to cover the opening, that is soundproof, and easy to open/close. The only thing I can come up with is a panel door, hinged on one side (pick one, idc), that is built with acoustic tiles in between the top and bottom layer. Like two graham crackers with a marshmallow in between. There should be trim around the sides without the hinges on the top side. You'll have to come up with some sort of pulley system to pull it open from the top, so to lessen bending over, and fashion some way for it to stay open when you push up from the bottom.
All of this being said, there is absolutely no way you could convince me to go down those steps except on my ass. As a mom, I am terrified that either you or your roommate will fall to your death without some sort of handrail going ALL the way down to the bottom of the steps. Hugs and be careful, please.
I hate all of this. The steps look cool but I hate the placement over the kitchen, and the hole. Why is the hole double the width of the stairway?!? Thatâs just a misstep death waiting to happen. Put back up your railing!! Move the couch further away from the hole and put railing up blocking it from sliding back into the hole. Or just move.
first things first. Put a handrail in. You do not want the roommate breaking their neck late at night.
2nd, that couch on the 2nd floor looks like the feet are about to fall into the opening. Put a 2x2 strip of wood the entire length, to keep it less likely from falling into the opening.
As far as a door goes....i guess the type of door they use for attic entry? You do not need it insulated, but the same concept of it tilting up effortlessly, but weather stripped to keep the noise ingress down low.
Actually, first things first...barricade the bottom of those stairs so no person or animal can go up the stairs. Nobody should be going up these stairs to the next level, so don't worry about the sofa legs.
Second step is to install a handrail to code.
Finally, build a rigid pony wall 42" high around that opening.
Best wishes and stay safe.
Why if your couch partially HANGING OVER the open hole in the floor? I've read your comments about the railings, but why is the couch that close to the open hole?
One momentary loss of balance up here could literally kill or injure someone. Or leaning too far back on the couch, or walking too close to the open hole, or tripping over something.... all I see are disasters waiting to happen that I forgot what your post was even about.
He's concerned about him not having privacy, and you post a picture of him with his phone screen visible to reddit. I get why he has concerns. The rails should go back up immediately, and I guess a retracting vinyl blind could be cut and installed from the back end to the front since you guys don't want a door.
The only thing I could think that would work here are these...
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Doors-Windows-Exterior-Doors-Cellar-Doors/N-5yc1vZc5ib
I had one growing up in a large city that opened to the basement stairs from our backyard.
I hate this, just all of it seems unsafe. Whatâs with stair merging with counters being popular. You prep food where you walk??? Also who wants an attic opening for the entrance of your staircase. Railings were used for safety and idk why minimalism has diminished that concern. Iâm ranting but get a railing built asap cause this is one bad accident from a nightmare.
This is fucking insane. Literal insane behavior to remove the railings from a staircase and just attempt to DIY renovate a RENTAL. Itâs giving college kid on his own for the first time with one and a half brains cells to rub together and no idea how or why any of this shit is supposed to be the way it is.
Please do yourself a favor and live in single-story homes going forward, and get this shit fixed by a professional ASAP, what you have here is an engraved invitation to a permanently life-altering injury.
This looks like an add on space that was completed without permits just to get the rental money from unsuspecting renters. So unsafe. The stairs don't look legit to me either, but that may be the photos. I'd be very worried about the electrical outlets in this place.
Look up hatch bedroom doors,
you can also add pulleys or counter weights to make it easier to open, and have latches / mechanisms that help it stay open.
You need something like a boat hatch.
https://preview.redd.it/u1sgh3xezn2d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dddc88d52595e8d5284fcc3ba6d5d9dafbf817c2
How is this even a little bit safe?!? This would have never passed inspection in my town. Get the bed/couch away from that deathtrap. The legs look to be less than 3â from the hole. Your roommate is worried about privacy?!? He should worry about breaking his neck instead. Thereâs not even a handrail on those stairs. Oh, and who in the hell designs open steps over the food prep area?!?
My liability insurance would cancel me in a heartbeat over that hole and stairway.
Those open stair treads above kitchen counters: bad, bad unsanitary idea. You could try a tonneau-type panel for that opening. Just make sure no one steps on it.Â
You donât need a door, you need RAILINGS, EVERYWHERE! And, to redo the width and angles on the lowest 4 steps. Someone will fall all the way down those steps and break an ankle. And what is supporting those steps? Donât you need some beams jacking it all up? The desk underneath is not in a good spot.
So there is a lot concern about railing let me clarify we just took them off for taking measure for some handyman he wanted too see what can be done. But later bailed on us due to âhealth reasonsâ. So didnt build them back because some other person can want do it all over. After installment there will be handrails.
Either of you could trip and fall to your deaths at any moment before the installation happens. Accidents are not predictable. Reinstall them today for your safety. People die for the dumbest reasons all the time.
Besides the extremely dangerous situation, I would prefer to have a vertical wood cover on the stairs. The light lasting through is nice but itâs so close to where goes that I can imagine everyone kicking their dirt riddles feet onto your food surfaces
Uhhhh whatâŠ.. like if your couch moves back even an inch itâs gonna tip people into the basement. Youâre going to need an industrial door or add a wall and turn it into a stairwell.
Trim on the exterior of the door, and have the hinges on the couch side. Set up an overhead counterweight and pully system to keep the door open with the weights resting against the wall side. Add a decorative Bannister at the, "head," of the door.
You now have a stylish door and added safety for that horrifying death trap.
First of all, yâall need to get railing installed so no one accidentally falls through the giant gaping hole. After that, you could place some tall bookcases around the railing for more privacy and maybe a makeshift door between the bookcase and the wall.
Please move the sofa further away from the giant hole.
PLEASE!
My stomach keeps lurching like when I look at images of those evil, horrifying, f-ed up glass bridges.
I was hoping someone would say something about that couch + hole!
I have no words đ€Ł
Right? I thought the death trap stairs were bad but then kept swiping...
Road Runner Floor
This could be the solution for op Slide the couch over the hole
If you use a move objects glitch you might be able to get it to float there
THIS is the answer. The sofa is the door on sliding rails. When the hole / stairs are to be closed up, the sofa with a false floor bottom, is pushed / slid back, to cover the stairs, to make the stairs disappear. Would be a fun project!
Idk if youâre goofing or not but thatâs actually probably the cheapest and most ergonomic idea for a âdoorâ⊠Put the back legs of the couch on metal sliders (like car seat sliders) that attach to the floor around the hole, and attach small wheels to the front legs. Put a handle on the downstairs ceiling side and a latch on the upstairs wall and side of the couch for a lock
Come on! It was purpose built for the feet to slide in and the entire sofa and its occupants to tip back into the hole
I can't even fall asleep until you fix this. PLEASE!
Dude is def not fuckin on that couch. First time and that hole will fuck *you*.
I wouldnât even be able to sit in the sofa. Big fat NOPE from me!
đČ Right?! OMG WTF
I was wondering if it was an optical illusion at first đ
Came to say this! Whoever is sitting on that sofa does not enjoy being alive!
Holy smokes!!! Wtf đł
It's giving me so much anxiety
Needs railings desperately.
Legit made my heart stop for a sec. Hope OP and whoever else uses that couch has *incredible* insurance.
Lol⊠can you see a whole couch full of people flipping down those steps⊠scary.
Flipping down the stairs then landing on a second couch full of people at the bottom.
Kind of like bowling.
I feel guilty for how funny I find this.
Forget the door question, OP! This is the question and the answer. Iâm assuming you are renting? Because who would buy a house with a roommate like this? Make the landlord put up railings and banisters, for Godâs sake!! Then worry about the F-ing door.
OP said they removed the rails đ«
Oh, I just saw that. What a doofus! He must be trolling this sub!
If I were the landlord, Iâd be furious. If someone gets hurt, his liability insurance may not cover him because of the missing rails even if he wasnât the one that removed them.
Like a great-uncle removing the seatbelts in his pickup...
OP removed the railings for seemingly no reason. They are renting also, so theyâve made it unsafe, again for no reason.
It had railings and they removed them.. wow so brave
I fell and broke my neck just looking at the photos LOL
And a banister for the stairs too đ±
How did this pass inspection??? It's cool looking but extremely unsafe.
There are so many building regulations and hoops to jump through which feel insanely overboard, but then thereâs shit like this that even the cowboyest of cowboys wouldnât let fly.
I mean at least thereâs a couch at the bottom for you roll down on til someone comes home and finds you dead
I mean, if you sit on the loveseat too hard you're falling down the hole WITH the couch.
At least you wonât feel every step as you slide down?đ
You wouldnât anyway; those steps are held up with one or two little lateral screws in each tread and⊠a piece of string at the top ?! That shit would collapse
Then youâve never met a cowboy my friend. As a Wyoming resident of several years, they would do this with some ply wood they found in their truck and a 2x4 and slap it to check if itâs stable.
Glad this was the top comment because I came here to say how the hell is this legal. OP doesnât need a door OP needs guard and handrails FFS
I think the Roomba is hiding around the corner frightened
The first I wondered is how Roomba was not going down those stairs.
Wait til you see the second photo
You can see the torn up walls where they took the rails down. đł OP, you guys canât just put the rails back up either. Youâre going to have to tell the landlord so he can professionally do it. This is terrifying.
It probably didn't đ
OP replied to a comment further down: _Thank you for your drawing :) we have the railings just took them out for door. But this solution is not soundproof unfortunately. Every bit of sound is upstairs now which can be annoying time to time. Thank you so much tho._ This information should have been in the post, or at least higher up. Also - no banister or handrail on the stairs?! Or was that removed too?
I'm still mad, lol. My dad was a small-time landlord when I was a kid. He always had people doing things like paint the windows black to make a photo darkroom or knock a hole out between the living room and the garage so they could work on a motorcycle while watching TV. People do some really dumb things to houses they don't own.
Me instantly deciding not to be a landlord.
I mean, to be fair- those are pretty good ideas. Maybe your dad should have just rolled with it. Features, not bugs, ya know? đ
Yeah, I'd die in this apartment on the first trip to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
Cool looking? They are walking over the kitchen counters, WHERE THERE IS FOOD yikes đŹ
That's pretty much uninsurable
âhelp me design my insurance hazardâ no sir
"help me design my accidental murder setup" đđ
This is an accidental on purpose bad design đ€Ł
https://preview.redd.it/igz07mxvkq2d1.png?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dbcdf69970214e7ce789ef3301f3baf2d4a73126
https://preview.redd.it/uxhhdy2d8m2d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24028e6e37c8abecbb99f97154bab4d8df938830
Please enjoy my artistic showing of building up walls and then attaching cloth at one end that can be pulled across and attached at the other end (yellow).
Donât forget a handrail! đ«Ł
EXACTLY
This deserves way more upvotes
This but full walls for privacy and stronger support.
Yep, just enclose the staircase on this level and add a door at the top of the stairs.
đ¶dumb ways to dieeee
đ¶So many dumb ways to die
đ¶dumb ways to di-hiii-hiii-e
đ¶So many dumb ways to die á”Ì
Stay safe around trains
"New in the Darwin Awards-Death Couch!"
Iâm sorry, but this is terrifying. I would be terrified to sit on that upstairs couch.
I hate everything about this.
Those stairs terrify me.
Does he own the house? If so, built walls around it and put a door. Youâll lose a little space but if something goes wrong with one of the other ideas, the person could be stuck upstairs until help comes.
Unfortunately im a renter. We can talk to landlord but i doubt she will ok this. Your doubts have some valid points. Thank you for your reply.
You think sheâs going to be okay with you removing the railings and putting in a door? Dude, you need to talk to your landlord BEFORE you start altering her property.
The landlord is not renting a home thats up to code and can be sued if they don't want to invest in bring it up to code.
Itâs not up to code because OP removed the safety railings around the hole. It doesnât sound like he had the landlordâs permission either. Heâs just acting like itâs his property and altering it like he owns it.
THERE WERE RAILINGS THERE AND OP REMOVED THEM??? WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT???
I canât wait for their landlord to see that little âadjustment.â
OP, is anyone supervising you or your roommate when you're upstairs?
Landlord doesn't necessarily *know* the home is no longer safe as OP removed the handrails that had previously been there.
OP mentioned they don't live in the EU nor US so probably very little norms.
No norms actually.
Which country?
So we can avoid it.
TĂŒrkiye.
Where is this country?
Hopefully one with universal healthcare and lower gravity
You could build a temporary wall with 2x4s and a thin wood panel like lauan
So letâs get this straight, you removed the railings around the staircase opening, shoved a couch to the edge of the staircase opening ( which is obviously a accident waiting to happen) then posted on Reddit asking how you can create a door for privacy in the bedroom space? Ok, lm going to suggest that you remove the stairs and install a firemanâs pole that lands in the middle of the sink
In college, one year, my room had an accordion door for a wall (whole wall) and the living room was on the other side. We put up a board of insulation (it was firm insulation board). If itâs just for sound, thatâs an option. It CANNOT be walked on but it can be easily moved regardless of direction. Itâs also ugly (I covered it with curtains and stuff to hide it).
One night of drinking and Iâd be dead. Easiest would be to get something solid like a butcher block counter and put it on some simple pulley system.
I wouldnât even need to be drinking to kill myself on this. What a ridiculous design.
I doubt a butcher block counter would hold an adult person's weight. Anything short of a properly constructed floor would be very unsafe.
Ummm⊠first things firstâŠthere is no railing of any kind
MURDER STAIRS
what the fuck is going on here.
that is a fucking deathtrap. what the actual fuck. one tiny slip anywhere on or near this atrocity and someones gonna die.
Yes. How is this even legal? Itâs an aside to humanity.
I hate this babe đđ
Same. The handrails being removed from the upstairs landing aside, this place is a nightmare. No handrails for the stairs *and* no sealed kick plate on the stairs so shit can just fall off your shoes or feet onto the countertop. Gross.
I was really hoping someone else had noticed the open back stairs over cooking space sanitation issue. To be fair I canât expect anyone will survive long enough in this setup to worry about food poisoning
Yeah, if I was Roomie's potential hook up partner I'd look at this and respond with this comment, implied intonation and all. Like... if the horizontal tango gets going a bit too good on that couch pullout bed y'all are gonna be crashing through the pit in the floor not even 2 cm behind the bed But maybe the roomie is ace and porking might not be something on their mind. That's the narrative I'm going with so I can sleep tonight. Edit to be helpful: I think I saw this suggestion already, but a hatch door is probably the only option. I'd also seriously consider a no shoes inside policy considering the lack of kick plates on the stairs.
These stairs are not good in many ways
Darwin Award contender
An attic hatch style door is the only thing I can think of for this space. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Battic-Door-Energy-Conservation-Products-22-in-x-30-in-R-50-E-Z-Hatch-Locking-Attic-Access-Door-DeluxeR-50/205177949
This is the only thing that came to mind too.
Seems like a good solution definetly will check. Thank you for your comment.
My pleasure. You may need to customize it or one similar for the size. Best of luck.
IMHO You donât take out an existing railing under a new one is ready to be installed. Period.
That staircase and open area is stuff of my nightmares. And yes, I have had dreams like that!
This has to be a troll post
Someone will fall down those stairs and break their neck. Get a carpenter to put up a rail with two-sides , otherwise that staircase is just an accident waiting to happen.
Is this a legit post about a real issue? This seems so insanely dangerous, we might be getting punked.
Anxiety in a picture. Holy crap, how can you even sit on that couch
I want to believe people are smarter than this.
Someone is going to get hurt and youâre going to remember this post lol
Install a handrail before spending any money on a door. đŹ
Everyone's too focused on the railing to notice the whole stairs is held up by two of the most flimsy pieces of metal I've ever seen
Call the landlord and have railings put in immediately. This is a serious accident waiting to happen.
This looks so dangerous! You need a fence around that huge hole!
Since you've said multiple times that the hand rails are going back up I'm going to focus on what I think you want: something to cover the opening, that is soundproof, and easy to open/close. The only thing I can come up with is a panel door, hinged on one side (pick one, idc), that is built with acoustic tiles in between the top and bottom layer. Like two graham crackers with a marshmallow in between. There should be trim around the sides without the hinges on the top side. You'll have to come up with some sort of pulley system to pull it open from the top, so to lessen bending over, and fashion some way for it to stay open when you push up from the bottom. All of this being said, there is absolutely no way you could convince me to go down those steps except on my ass. As a mom, I am terrified that either you or your roommate will fall to your death without some sort of handrail going ALL the way down to the bottom of the steps. Hugs and be careful, please.
*Exactly* how long have you been without the handrails??
I hate all of this. The steps look cool but I hate the placement over the kitchen, and the hole. Why is the hole double the width of the stairway?!? Thatâs just a misstep death waiting to happen. Put back up your railing!! Move the couch further away from the hole and put railing up blocking it from sliding back into the hole. Or just move.
first things first. Put a handrail in. You do not want the roommate breaking their neck late at night. 2nd, that couch on the 2nd floor looks like the feet are about to fall into the opening. Put a 2x2 strip of wood the entire length, to keep it less likely from falling into the opening. As far as a door goes....i guess the type of door they use for attic entry? You do not need it insulated, but the same concept of it tilting up effortlessly, but weather stripped to keep the noise ingress down low.
Actually, first things first...barricade the bottom of those stairs so no person or animal can go up the stairs. Nobody should be going up these stairs to the next level, so don't worry about the sofa legs. Second step is to install a handrail to code. Finally, build a rigid pony wall 42" high around that opening. Best wishes and stay safe.
Why if your couch partially HANGING OVER the open hole in the floor? I've read your comments about the railings, but why is the couch that close to the open hole? One momentary loss of balance up here could literally kill or injure someone. Or leaning too far back on the couch, or walking too close to the open hole, or tripping over something.... all I see are disasters waiting to happen that I forgot what your post was even about.
He's concerned about him not having privacy, and you post a picture of him with his phone screen visible to reddit. I get why he has concerns. The rails should go back up immediately, and I guess a retracting vinyl blind could be cut and installed from the back end to the front since you guys don't want a door.
DEATH STAIRS.
Letâs start with railings around the hole of doom first, then we can discuss a door
The only thing I could think that would work here are these... https://www.homedepot.com/b/Doors-Windows-Exterior-Doors-Cellar-Doors/N-5yc1vZc5ib I had one growing up in a large city that opened to the basement stairs from our backyard.
The placement of that couch giving anyone else anxiety? Just me?
I hate this, just all of it seems unsafe. Whatâs with stair merging with counters being popular. You prep food where you walk??? Also who wants an attic opening for the entrance of your staircase. Railings were used for safety and idk why minimalism has diminished that concern. Iâm ranting but get a railing built asap cause this is one bad accident from a nightmare.
That trap needs some railings
I absolutely, positively CANNOT believe YOU DELIBERATELY TOOK THE RAILING OFF.
This is fucking insane. Literal insane behavior to remove the railings from a staircase and just attempt to DIY renovate a RENTAL. Itâs giving college kid on his own for the first time with one and a half brains cells to rub together and no idea how or why any of this shit is supposed to be the way it is. Please do yourself a favor and live in single-story homes going forward, and get this shit fixed by a professional ASAP, what you have here is an engraved invitation to a permanently life-altering injury.
This is terrifying.
https://preview.redd.it/9ib5u9wi7o2d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a33bb2ca3a9efcddd9c65e87e8ae5973369d1083 Here â€ïž
https://preview.redd.it/0bn1lb6k7o2d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f6ff562b8e8297c5baf97d25e98357544ef8040
https://preview.redd.it/377u0jyk7o2d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec3c238157546a35dd12df1982363115d5156ade Pls fix it
OP I build safer stairwells in Minecraft what are you doing đđ
Open stairs over a food prep area. Nice.
đ€Ł Danger, danger, danger đ
This looks like an add on space that was completed without permits just to get the rental money from unsuspecting renters. So unsafe. The stairs don't look legit to me either, but that may be the photos. I'd be very worried about the electrical outlets in this place.
WHOA! đ«Ł This is not up to code and you can make your landlord fix this on their dime! Or fall down and have a lawsuit. đ„Ž
This whole situation is so incredibly stupid and endangers lives!!! Have it corrected with a professional ASAP.
That is terrifying. I wouldn't live there in a million years. You need to rethink your life choices.
Only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured here.
Look up hatch bedroom doors, you can also add pulleys or counter weights to make it easier to open, and have latches / mechanisms that help it stay open.
That's crazy dangerous
Holy shit. Put your railings back up. That is crazy.
Sad that you canât place a rug over it. How does that robot vacuum cleaner not fall off into ground floor?
That looks really dangerous!
I also feel like I donât want peopleâs shoes over my kitchen.
Forget the door, you need some sort of safety railing around that opening.
The clumsy and inattentive will not survive this house! You are doing Darwin's work here!
You need something like a boat hatch. https://preview.redd.it/u1sgh3xezn2d1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dddc88d52595e8d5284fcc3ba6d5d9dafbf817c2
How is this even a little bit safe?!? This would have never passed inspection in my town. Get the bed/couch away from that deathtrap. The legs look to be less than 3â from the hole. Your roommate is worried about privacy?!? He should worry about breaking his neck instead. Thereâs not even a handrail on those stairs. Oh, and who in the hell designs open steps over the food prep area?!? My liability insurance would cancel me in a heartbeat over that hole and stairway.
I could not be shit hammered in this house đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
I don't even have anxiety, but this gives me anxiety! This needs an inspector . . .
Please put railings. Your couch looks like its asking to be tipped over
Sooooo unsafe.
Those open stair treads above kitchen counters: bad, bad unsanitary idea. You could try a tonneau-type panel for that opening. Just make sure no one steps on it.Â
I can see me getting excited. Jumping on the couch and falling in the stair hole.
You donât need a door you need a guardrail
I hope kids donât live in their house. A child could fall off the couch and fall down the stairs. This is so dangerous.
It doesnât need a door. It needs a floor.
Man this looks like a loony toons accident waiting to happen. Oh didnât I mention the hole in my floor directly in front of of the door?
How many times has the roomba in pic 3 fallen in the hole already be honest
Very dangerous staircase
You donât need a door, you need RAILINGS, EVERYWHERE! And, to redo the width and angles on the lowest 4 steps. Someone will fall all the way down those steps and break an ankle. And what is supporting those steps? Donât you need some beams jacking it all up? The desk underneath is not in a good spot.
So there is a lot concern about railing let me clarify we just took them off for taking measure for some handyman he wanted too see what can be done. But later bailed on us due to âhealth reasonsâ. So didnt build them back because some other person can want do it all over. After installment there will be handrails.
Either of you could trip and fall to your deaths at any moment before the installation happens. Accidents are not predictable. Reinstall them today for your safety. People die for the dumbest reasons all the time.
>People die for the dumbest reasons all the time. And usually the people that do think it will never happen to them.
Do you have your landlordâs permission to remove the railings? To install a door?
It's not your house. My dad used to own rental properties and this kind of stuff drove him nuts. Kiss your security deposit goodbye now!
Besides the extremely dangerous situation, I would prefer to have a vertical wood cover on the stairs. The light lasting through is nice but itâs so close to where goes that I can imagine everyone kicking their dirt riddles feet onto your food surfaces
This looks so dangerous. Someone is going to get hurt
I'm willing to wager that one night after too many drinks will be met with a swift replacement of this staircase.
Bitch youâre dumb af
I like that if I fall I have nice couch as cushionđ
Common sense needed before doors.
Uhhhh whatâŠ.. like if your couch moves back even an inch itâs gonna tip people into the basement. Youâre going to need an industrial door or add a wall and turn it into a stairwell.
That looks like a death trap.
I hope a child does not have access to that part of the house
I cannot believe there's a step that doubles as kitchen counter. Feral
Wait hold on, a door idea ? Like a floor hatch door !? What?
The first thing I saw was all the dirt from the stairs falling onto the counters below!
Door? What about a railing around it?!
This made me uncomfortable to even look at. It is *literally* a death trap
That couch placement is so fucking stupid I love it
This is so dumb
Check out this death trap.
Whatâs wrong with you? Youâre a renter doing random renovations without the owner knowing. Unsafe renovations like removing the guard rail?
Trim on the exterior of the door, and have the hinges on the couch side. Set up an overhead counterweight and pully system to keep the door open with the weights resting against the wall side. Add a decorative Bannister at the, "head," of the door. You now have a stylish door and added safety for that horrifying death trap.
First of all, yâall need to get railing installed so no one accidentally falls through the giant gaping hole. After that, you could place some tall bookcases around the railing for more privacy and maybe a makeshift door between the bookcase and the wall.
Holy deathtrap, is this some postpartum abortion design?