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Re: Well, I guess those hot wings finally made it through...<nt>
04/07/12 12:13 AM
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> > Only 90 years old, and those problems? Wow.
>
>
> The door frame isn't in disrepair. It's just slightly lower than "normal" due to
> being built before any sort of code standard was created. The stairs also start to
> rise immediately at the door frame. This causes an obvious clearance issues for
> anyone over 6'.
I was thinking: it's not as though there were no tall people 90 years ago.
>
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> > This sounds like something to take care of right away, before you get serious brain
> > damage. If you are only putting it on your "to do" list, maybe you already have
> > serious brain damage.
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> A little bump on the head isn't going to compete with the brain cells killed in my
> teens & twenties...but thanks for the concern I guess.
>
> It's on the to-do list because its a load bearing wall, with a header over the frame.
> I can either:
>
> a) Knock out the back of the house, put on an addition, and then move the stairwell
> back 4 feet.
>
> b) Jack the ceilings around the stairwell, cut open every surrounding wall (plaster
> mind you), rebuild the header with some added headroom, repair surrounding walls
> (plaster mind you, so I'll end up doing the whole run).
>
> I'll take the concussion every now and then. It's less of a headache.
or
c) redo the stairs
or
d) at least put padding over the door frame
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