ᐅ Landing stairs Stair width

Created on: 22 Mar 2016 07:32
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Watcher78
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Watcher78
22 Mar 2016 07:32
Hello everyone,
we are planning a staircase with a landing in our new build with a total width of 2.175 m (7 ft 2 in) and a tread width of 1 m (3 ft 3 in) on each side. We recently visited the kitchen studio to create a layout, and for this type of kitchen (with a crosswise positioned island), the kitchen could use a few extra centimeters in width (width 3.26 m (10 ft 8 in)).
Now I’m trying to find a few centimeters somewhere and came back to the staircase.
Does it make sense to reduce each tread width to 95 cm (37 inches) or should the 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tread width definitely be kept?
How wide are your staircases with landings, meaning the tread width?
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kbt09
22 Mar 2016 08:25
A total width of 217 cm (85 inches) will probably result in a clear walking width of less than 100 cm (39 inches) once the railing and stairwell opening are taken into account. I would not make it any narrower than that.
Nofret22 Mar 2016 08:38
To install a kitchen island with a minimum width of 100cm (40 inches), you need a room width of at least 340cm (134 inches) – and even then, it will be very tight! It only really works well with room widths over 350cm (138 inches). The space saved by the staircase would definitely not be enough – especially since those are probably rough construction measurements for you, and you still need to account for several centimeters for plastering and so on.
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R0Li84
22 Mar 2016 08:44
I would never build a staircase with a tread width less than 100cm (40 inches) – I am currently leaning more towards 110cm (43 inches)!
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Watcher78
22 Mar 2016 10:29
Okay, thanks for the feedback. I wasn’t convinced either about making the staircase smaller.