Hello everyone,
In a few days, we have the staircase selection appointment. On the stair builder’s website, there are layout proposals for the staircase. We have allocated 3.04 meters by 2.25 meters (10 feet by 7 feet) for the staircase area. You can find the house floor plan here in the forum at the following link.
Floor plan #44
The stair supplier suggests 16 steps for the space online. Here in the forum, 15 steps are mentioned. So I wanted to ask for your opinion again: 15 or 16 steps?
Maybe someone has a similar amount of space for their staircase in their house with either 15 or 16 steps.

In a few days, we have the staircase selection appointment. On the stair builder’s website, there are layout proposals for the staircase. We have allocated 3.04 meters by 2.25 meters (10 feet by 7 feet) for the staircase area. You can find the house floor plan here in the forum at the following link.
Floor plan #44
The stair supplier suggests 16 steps for the space online. Here in the forum, 15 steps are mentioned. So I wanted to ask for your opinion again: 15 or 16 steps?
Maybe someone has a similar amount of space for their staircase in their house with either 15 or 16 steps.
If there were a railing, no one would stumble over the step. However, it does narrow the hallway.
May I ask why the original plan for a solid wood staircase is being changed, and if the landing is absolutely necessary? Avoiding these constraints would definitely make things easier...
May I ask why the original plan for a solid wood staircase is being changed, and if the landing is absolutely necessary? Avoiding these constraints would definitely make things easier...
It might be worth mentioning that the stairwell opening for the basement stairs remains unchanged when reversing the direction of ascent. In this case, I would simply cover one step. With a basement ceiling height of 2.50m (8 ft 2 in), this poses no issues for head clearance.
Gregor_K schrieb:
We won’t have a problem with headaches here because we can’t maintain the 2m (6 ft 7 in) head clearance. But all the furniture and moving boxes will have to go up, and you might need a ladder too.
If your IKEA furniture can be disassembled into boards, it will fit.
With a heavy wardrobe or old-style sleeping furniture, it’s a real struggle to get them over built-in steps.
kbt09 schrieb:
I don’t understand why this is being planned in an amateurish way. Can’t the stair builder come up with a proper proposal? I don’t see the stair builder as being responsible here. They only adapt the staircase to the shell construction. The fault lies with the planner. The bricklayer will have to deal with the consequences, I would say.
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