15 "Illegal" Tool Modifications Every 1960s Dad Made That Building Codes Quietly Banned

Subscribe to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLostHandyman?sub_confirmation=1 👉 Start Saving Money By Fixing Everything Yourself Ebook: https://forgottenhandymansecrets.netlify.app/ In 1964, a tool-and-die man in Dayton, Ohio tore out his basement stairs on a Saturday morning and had new ones standing by supper. Three 2x12 stringers, a handsaw, a steel framing square. Those stairs were steeper than any inspector allows today — and they held for 52 years. There was a man like him on every street in Dayton and every mill town between. Some of what the code books banned deserved it, and I'll tell you which ones straight. But a lot of it got buried for a simpler reason: a man who fixes his own house doesn't call anybody. Sources: https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2021P1/chapter-3-building-planning https://www.cpsc.gov/About-CPSC https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/basic-information-about-lead-drinking-water