ᐅ Straight Staircase for a Single-Family Home: Are the Dimensions Correct?

Created on: 23 May 2021 14:08
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Aracnor
Dear house building community,

We are planning a straight staircase for our single-family house to connect the living-dining-kitchen area with the upper floor. In consultation with the architect, we currently have the following dimensions:
16 risers
Riser height: 18.6cm (7.3 inches)
Tread depth: 27.0cm (10.6 inches)

We found the following terms online:
Comfort rule
Tread depth – riser height = 12
27 – 18.6 = 8.4

Stride rule
2 x riser height + tread depth = about 63 centimeters
2 x 18.6 + 27 = 64.2
Safety rule
Riser height + tread depth = 46 centimeters
18.6 + 27 = 45.6

We roughly meet the stride and safety rules, but it seems we significantly deviate from the comfort rule.
What do you think of these dimensions? Are there any practical experiences you could share?

Thank you very much and best regards,
Peter
11ant25 May 2021 01:16
BauFamily schrieb:

So with a depth of 27 cm (10.6 inches), the height is "only" allowed to be 15 cm (6 inches). [...] Conclusion: I believe this comfort formula is too strict for the average person.
I would actually call that an uncomfortable step size. That’s more for princesses gracefully descending stairs in ball gowns with long trains — in my opinion, a rather rare scenario in everyday residential use.
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