ᐅ House Photos Discussion Corner – Share Your Home Pictures!

Grantlhaua schrieb:

Since @matte1987 asked again for photos of our construction site

Everything is coming back again. We had this kind of staircase in our 1978 townhouse. I still like it, but now we have a different one.

face26 schrieb:

What are the dimensions of the rough stair steps and the tread depths? How much do they overhang?

The step depth is 29cm (11.5 inches) and it overhangs by about 2.2cm (0.9 inches), although some finishing plaster will be applied over that. No idea about the rough stairs since they were cast on site and not pre-fabricated.

@ypg Thanks! What do you have on top now? Tiles?

@Grantlhaua great! Thank you very much!

I just noticed now that you have some kind of thin “fascia” as the riser. At first, I thought it was the plastered or painted stair.

face26 schrieb:


I just noticed that you have some kind of thin “cover panel” as the riser. At first, I thought it was the plastered or painted staircase.

That’s not a "thin" cover panel but a coated multiplex board. It’s the same material used for kitchen countertops, so it can withstand the stresses. I can take another photo of the riser this afternoon. In my opinion, the same applies as with tools and such: if you buy cheap, you buy twice, and especially in a house, everything should be done properly.

This is not meant as a qualitative judgment.

By "cladding," I only meant that it covers the structural staircase and thereby clad it. And compared to an estimated 4cm (1.5 inches) tread depth, the riser seems to be less than 1cm (0.4 inches) thick, which is why I didn’t recognize it as such. But the photo could be misleading.

So, no offense intended.

I actually like how it looks in your case!

I’m also currently considering what to do with our staircase. Wooden treads are basically decided. (We will lay tiles in the basement, though.) After walking on the structural staircase (a precast concrete element), I think an additional 1-2cm (0.4-0.8 inches) of depth would benefit it. But since it is as it is now, I’m thinking about possibly gaining that extra 1-2cm by the tread overhang.

If you don’t want to use wood for the basement stairs’ treads because of small stones and such, what affordable alternatives are there? Probably tiles, right? Stone would be somewhat more expensive. That’s about it, isn’t it?