Designing a Stairs

De_man

anyone got suggestions on a stairs layout, unfortunately i made
a mistake in the design of the hall, i should have made it wider by a metre:o

full hall length is fine at 7M but i'm caught on the width at 3.2m
i had planned in putting the stairs centered in the hall but that would
only give me approx a metre either side imho it would look wrong and out
of scale

i'm now thinking of putting the stairs to either side of the hall, just
wondering anyone got any suggestions to sort this one out


thanks in advance


a pint of plain is yer only man

I assume it's too late to widen the hall (move non loadbearing block/studwork back 1m )

One possible way may be to rotate steps by 180deg....may work depending on the layout..

Narrow stairs is another option, but may look cramped

kadman

If you really want a centrally positioned stairs, use a steel string centrally located in the middle of the stairs, from box iron say 150x150. Have cleats welded on the box to take the treads.

Visually you will be able to see straight through the stairs from the front , so you wont have a cramped feel in your hall way. For handrail and balustrades, you could use glass panels and stainless steel handrails. The glass is attached using glass clamps. I'm sure you have seen similar in large moter dealers, corporate offices ect.

Using glass and stainless steel gives you the benefit of not using up your width with 100 mm newel posts, outside of you stair width of 800 mm.
So you would have about 1100 each side of the stairs.

For someone competent with a welder , this is a straight foreward task, and less labour intensive than a timber stairs. Glass clamps are easily fitted, either welded or screwed.

A cut string stairs in that width will not allow full visual appearence of the hallway, this one will,

kadman

De_man

thanks very much lads for the ideas, kadman i reckon your idea is
a winner!!:D thanks very much, if i had spent less time on thinking
about wiring & plumbing i wouldn't have got myself into this
situation.


thanks again




a pint of plain is yer only man