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Introduction To Stairs

Stairs provide access between floors in multi-story buildings. A staircase consists of steps, treads, and risers. Treads are the horizontal walking surfaces and risers are the vertical surfaces between treads. Stairs should be located for easy access, well-lit, and ventilated. Staircases must meet requirements for width, length of flights, tread and riser dimensions, and headroom clearance.

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Introduction To Stairs

Stairs provide access between floors in multi-story buildings. A staircase consists of steps, treads, and risers. Treads are the horizontal walking surfaces and risers are the vertical surfaces between treads. Stairs should be located for easy access, well-lit, and ventilated. Staircases must meet requirements for width, length of flights, tread and riser dimensions, and headroom clearance.

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STAIRCASE

Introduction
• Stairs is a set of steps which give access from floor to
floor.
• The room or enclosure of the building, in which stair is
located is known as staircase.
• Staircase provide access & communication between
floors in multi-storey buildings.
• It must be enclosed by fire resisting walls, floors, ceilings
and doors.
• Stairs may be constructed of Timber, Bricks, Stone,
Steel or Reinforced Cement Concrete.
Location of Stairs
• It should be so located as to provide easy access to the
occupants of the building.
• It should be well lighted and ventilated directly from
the exterior.
• In public buildings it should be located near main
entrance and in residential building it should be placed
centrally.
Technical Terms
• STEP:- It is a portion of stair which permits ascent or
descent. A stair is composed of a set of steps.
• TREAD:- It is a upper horizontal portion of a step upon
which foot is placed while ascending or descending.
• RISER:- It is a vertical portion of a step providing
support to the tread.
• LANDING:- It is level platform at the top or bottom of a
flight between the floors.
• FLIGHT:- This is an unbroken series of steps between
landing.
Technical Terms
• RISE:- It is a vertical distance between two successive
tread faces.
• GOING:- It is a horizontal distance between two
successive riser faces.
• NOSING:- It is the projecting part of the tread beyond
the face of riser.
• SCOTIA:- It is a moulding provided under the nosing to
provide strength to nosing.
• SOFFIT:- it is the underside of a stair.
• PITCH OR SLOPE:- It is the angle which the line of
nosing of the stair makes with the horizontal.
Technical Terms
• STRINGS OR STRINGERS:- These are the slopping
members which support the steps in a stair.
• NEWEL POST:- Newel post is a vertical member which
is placed at the ends of flight to connects the ends of
strings and hand rail.
• BALUSTER:- It is vertical member of wood or metal,
supporting the hand rail.
• HEAD ROOM:- It is the clear vertical distance between
the tread and overload structure.
Technical Terms
REQUIREMENTS OF GOOD
STAIRCASE
• WIDTH OF STAIR
• It should be wide enough to carry the user without
much crowd or inconvenience.
• In Residential building, a 90 cm wide stair is
sufficient while in public 1.5 to 1.8 m width may
required.
• LENGTH OF FLIGHT
• The number of steps should not be more than 12
• & less than 3 from comfort point of view.
Technical Terms
• STEP:- It is a portion of stair which permits ascent or
descent. A stair is composed of a set of steps.
• TREAD:- It is a upper horizontal portion of a step upon
which foot is placed while ascending or descending.
• RISER:- It is a vertical portion of a step providing
support to the tread.
• LANDING:- It is level platform at the top or bottom of a
flight between the floors.
• FLIGHT:- This is an unbroken series of steps between
landing.
Technical Terms
• STEP:- It is a portion of stair which permits ascent or
descent. A stair is composed of a set of steps.
• TREAD:- It is a upper horizontal portion of a step upon
which foot is placed while ascending or descending.
• RISER:- It is a vertical portion of a step providing
support to the tread.
• LANDING:- It is level platform at the top or bottom of a
flight between the floors.
• FLIGHT:- This is an unbroken series of steps between
landing.
Technical Terms
• STEP:- It is a portion of stair which permits ascent or
descent. A stair is composed of a set of steps.
• TREAD:- It is a upper horizontal portion of a step upon
which foot is placed while ascending or descending.
• RISER:- It is a vertical portion of a step providing
support to the tread.
• LANDING:- It is level platform at the top or bottom of a
flight between the floors.
• FLIGHT:- This is an unbroken series of steps between
landing.
Technical Terms
• STEP:- It is a portion of stair which permits ascent or
descent. A stair is composed of a set of steps.
• TREAD:- It is a upper horizontal portion of a step upon
which foot is placed while ascending or descending.
• RISER:- It is a vertical portion of a step providing
support to the tread.
• LANDING:- It is level platform at the top or bottom of a
flight between the floors.
• FLIGHT:- This is an unbroken series of steps between
landing.

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