We have a staircase, that I am always fearful of. I forbid my fubaby to go up there, because the stairs are solid oak and slippery. So we have a doggy gate.
Originally, when we made the plans for the house, the stairs were to be safer.
They were supposed to have been a deeper tread, which would have resulted n a less steep incline. Unfortunately, our brain dead builder didn't fulfill our requests.
Nothng new, right?
On the upside, our bedroom suite is downstairs.
Still, I worry about when we have visitors . The stair treads are too shallow, thus that makes them steeper than necessary, and less safe.
The only choice is to hold onto the stair railing as tightly as possible anytime we need to go up, because these stairs could otherwise be deadly.