Hello everyone,
I have a floor plan here where the staircase has been designed with only two steps in the lower turn but three steps at the top. Does that make sense?
The floor-to-floor height is 3.15 m (10.3 ft) with 17 steps; the rest you can see in the drawings.
Would you build it like this, or would you do something differently under certain circumstances?
Thank you very much,
Mike
I have a floor plan here where the staircase has been designed with only two steps in the lower turn but three steps at the top. Does that make sense?
The floor-to-floor height is 3.15 m (10.3 ft) with 17 steps; the rest you can see in the drawings.
Would you build it like this, or would you do something differently under certain circumstances?
Thank you very much,
Mike
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
The sketch shows 2.95m (9 ft 8 in).However, the sketch does not show the stairway of the original poster but is taken from another thread. Contact2001 schrieb:
This is a very poor graphic (not to scale and taken from another thread, sorry) and it might not even help, but the stairs were planned this way to ensure headroom.Honestly, this post only confuses me more. A ground floor and a first floor plan are posted where it is visible that the stairwell might be too small.
Then this:
Contact2001 schrieb:
This is a stepped area — the lower half has a normal floor height, the upper half is about 1 to 1.3m (3 ft 3 in to 4 ft 3 in) high, essentially a landing. This is not visible in the drawing. The headroom is sufficient.According to my scaling, the staircase extends by 1.87m (6 ft 2 in) in length. This roughly corresponds to a height on the ground floor of about 1.50m (5 ft), as my software cannot calculate this exactly, so these are only approximate values, with the stair tread at 1.87m (6 ft 2 in) height. Remaining clear height is 1.62m (5 ft 4 in). Adding 20cm (8 in) ceiling thickness, we end up just over 1.80m (6 ft), which is insufficient, even if the edge is beveled. Regarding the question: I have heard that spiral or curved stairs should be designed continuously, as this is easier for the body and mind to navigate. But I am not sure if this is correct.
At least a cross-section should be part of this design. Furthermore, the stair contractor will have a more detailed stair plan or will create one, showing exactly how deep the treads are, etc. I cannot imagine that the architect has already planned precise feasibility at this stage. The staircase is basically a placeholder.
In the detailed planning, you can also see how much tread depth the tapered steps have within the walking width, i.e., in the center.
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