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Re:City says steps will cost at least $65,000; man builds th... by james_pm on Saturday July 22, 2017 @11:39AM (#14827696)
Already torn out because his steps were not even close to being to code and were dangerous. No footings, wood right on dirt. No landings, trip hazards, poor railing.

There's a reason that the steps cost $10,000 (the real cost to the city) to install. They need to be durable, safe and installed properly.

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Re:City says steps will cost at least $65,000; man builds th... by duskwuff on Saturday July 22, 2017 @01:17PM (#14828186)
Here's a "review" of the steps from a Twitter user:

https://twitter.com/zchamu/status/888076067168301056

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Re:City says steps will cost at least $65,000; man builds th... by mcv on Saturday July 22, 2017 @02:08PM (#14828465)
But did they build proper stairs? Because crappy stairs may still be better than no stairs at all. Depending on how crappy, of course. If they look safe but collapse, the crappy stairs might lure people in who wouldn't otherwise try to walk there. Still, I wonder if it wouldn't have made more sense to only remove the cheap stairs when they're going to build the proper stairs.
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Re:City says steps will cost at least $65,000; man builds th... by duskwuff on Saturday July 22, 2017 @03:25PM (#14828880)
Check out the pictures in the Twitter thread I linked. The "stairs" were literally just a bunch of wood nailed together, sitting on the slope -- the structure didn't even appear to be anchored to the ground. If someone slipped and fell on the (untreated wood) steps, they could easily have knocked the entire structure on its side.
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Re:City says steps will cost at least $65,000; man builds th... by brianwawok on Saturday July 22, 2017 @01:17PM (#14828187)
In other news, man builds paper mache airplane for $5,000 after being flabbergasted that Boeing quoted a price of $10,000,000 for a new jet.
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