Hello,
We have bought a small house and now want to address some structural issues in addition to the energy renovation.
Regarding the attached picture, my question is:
As it currently stands, the garage integrated into the basement is only partially usable. The photo is taken from the garage entrance, and it is only 3.86 m (12.7 ft) from there to the start of the stairs. Between the left wall and the stairs, there is 2.35 m (7.7 ft) of space. This means the car would have to be parked at a slight angle, and since the garage door opening is quite narrow, my wife would definitely have an issue with that.
In my opinion, the easiest solution would be to remove the staircase’s side wall and install a winder staircase turned 180 degrees, then park with the car’s hood under the stair slope. But that would cause me to hit the wall upstairs on the ground floor. So, I would need about 90 cm (35 inches) more space, but the stair opening cannot be enlarged due to the room layout on the ground floor.
The idea is to install a U-shaped staircase with 90-degree turns at the beginning and end, with a slightly longer middle flight, and have the first two steps cantilever into the space under the stair opening so that the headroom of 2 m (6.6 ft) is still usable. I found two online calculators on Treppenportal and Kalk. Are there any other, better tools where I could try this out?
Does anyone have any other or better ideas?
Thanks,
Dirk
We have bought a small house and now want to address some structural issues in addition to the energy renovation.
Regarding the attached picture, my question is:
As it currently stands, the garage integrated into the basement is only partially usable. The photo is taken from the garage entrance, and it is only 3.86 m (12.7 ft) from there to the start of the stairs. Between the left wall and the stairs, there is 2.35 m (7.7 ft) of space. This means the car would have to be parked at a slight angle, and since the garage door opening is quite narrow, my wife would definitely have an issue with that.
In my opinion, the easiest solution would be to remove the staircase’s side wall and install a winder staircase turned 180 degrees, then park with the car’s hood under the stair slope. But that would cause me to hit the wall upstairs on the ground floor. So, I would need about 90 cm (35 inches) more space, but the stair opening cannot be enlarged due to the room layout on the ground floor.
The idea is to install a U-shaped staircase with 90-degree turns at the beginning and end, with a slightly longer middle flight, and have the first two steps cantilever into the space under the stair opening so that the headroom of 2 m (6.6 ft) is still usable. I found two online calculators on Treppenportal and Kalk. Are there any other, better tools where I could try this out?
Does anyone have any other or better ideas?
Thanks,
Dirk
