ᐅ How deep should a stair landing be? How should it be designed?
Created on: 14 Aug 2016 10:38
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Maria16
Good morning!
We are in the middle of planning our single-family house and have a problem with our staircase.
The architect recommended a switchback staircase with a landing to ensure sufficient headroom from the first floor to the attic. She planned a landing with a depth of 1.05 m (3 feet 5 inches). There are 16 steps each with a rise/run of 18/26 cm (7/10 inches) from the ground floor to the first floor, and 17.4/26 cm (7/10 inches) from the first floor to the attic (structural heights of ground and first floors differ).
Of course, the staircase requires quite a bit of space, which we are “missing” in the hallway – currently, the bottom stair is flush with the wall. That makes the hallway width 1.38 m (4 feet 6 inches), but for aesthetic reasons, we would prefer around 1.5 m (5 feet). The hallway will be about 7 m (23 feet) long – and unfortunately, this can’t be changed :-(
So the question to everyone with a staircase landing: how deep is your landing? Is 1.05 m (3 feet 5 inches) necessary, or would 95 cm (3 feet 1 inch) be enough?
Or did you let the bottom step extend into the hallway and set back the adjoining walls a bit? How did you handle the visual effect – does it still look nice?
Another option would be to shorten the landing only slightly and reduce the tread depth to 25 cm (10 inches), but that doesn’t sound ideal to me either...
I would appreciate any suggestions and would love to see pictures as well!
We are in the middle of planning our single-family house and have a problem with our staircase.
The architect recommended a switchback staircase with a landing to ensure sufficient headroom from the first floor to the attic. She planned a landing with a depth of 1.05 m (3 feet 5 inches). There are 16 steps each with a rise/run of 18/26 cm (7/10 inches) from the ground floor to the first floor, and 17.4/26 cm (7/10 inches) from the first floor to the attic (structural heights of ground and first floors differ).
Of course, the staircase requires quite a bit of space, which we are “missing” in the hallway – currently, the bottom stair is flush with the wall. That makes the hallway width 1.38 m (4 feet 6 inches), but for aesthetic reasons, we would prefer around 1.5 m (5 feet). The hallway will be about 7 m (23 feet) long – and unfortunately, this can’t be changed :-(
So the question to everyone with a staircase landing: how deep is your landing? Is 1.05 m (3 feet 5 inches) necessary, or would 95 cm (3 feet 1 inch) be enough?
Or did you let the bottom step extend into the hallway and set back the adjoining walls a bit? How did you handle the visual effect – does it still look nice?
Another option would be to shorten the landing only slightly and reduce the tread depth to 25 cm (10 inches), but that doesn’t sound ideal to me either...
I would appreciate any suggestions and would love to see pictures as well!
Hello Maria
My hallway is considerably wider. The protruding stair tread is not an issue at all. However, as a visual boundary, I created a 90cm (35 inches) landing on the left wall. There is no railing there. Further to the left is my wardrobe. This way, no one is likely to trip over the stair tread.
Steven
My hallway is considerably wider. The protruding stair tread is not an issue at all. However, as a visual boundary, I created a 90cm (35 inches) landing on the left wall. There is no railing there. Further to the left is my wardrobe. This way, no one is likely to trip over the stair tread.
Steven
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j.bautsch18 Aug 2016 14:02I definitely want the dirt area to be separated because I don’t want to walk through a snow puddle with gravel on my cozy socks in winter when I go to the bathroom or the home office. But I guess everyone is different. I know my husband doesn’t care much about cleanliness and order (he leaves things lying around, etc.), so if everyone keeps things tidy, it could work. However, I don’t want to always be the one cleaning up after everyone.
You do have a basement, right? Another option could be to skip the pantry, since I don’t really see space for a shoe collection and seating area in the currently planned entrance hall. Could you sketch that out?
In the kitchen, a fridge with a small freezer compartment for the essentials, and a proper freezer and storage in the basement.
Move the guest toilet into the pantry, then there should still be room for a closet about 80 cm (31 inches) wide to store vacuum cleaners and similar items. It can be designed to look stylish.
That way, you can have a truly spacious entrance area.
In the kitchen, a fridge with a small freezer compartment for the essentials, and a proper freezer and storage in the basement.
Move the guest toilet into the pantry, then there should still be room for a closet about 80 cm (31 inches) wide to store vacuum cleaners and similar items. It can be designed to look stylish.
That way, you can have a truly spacious entrance area.
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