The stairs were not up to current code in any way, and there really wasn't any way to make them so. It was much easier to make the work in the current layout than to worry about "code." So I added an extra tread to the top run, cut an extra tread into the landing, and increased the rise in the lower stair run, and voila. I can bounce down the stairs without banging my face into the joist. It is seriously sweet.
