Stairs. Elements of stairs: steps, newels and rails. Stair railings metal.

Stairs in any premises are not only their functional part, but also an important detail of interior. That is why stairs shall be not only durable and convenient, but also nice and aesthetically acceptable. If interior elements of stairs perform only practical function, exterior details serve as an addition to interior and an important designer solution. Beside its main function – facilitation of man’s movement from one floor to another, stairs become an artwork for apartment decoration.

Stairs: peculiarities of construction

Stairs are construction used for overcoming levels of different height with the help of steps, provided angle of slope is more than 14°. Srairs consist of flights, landings and enclosures.

Flight of stairs is a continuous flight of steps following each other.

Stair landing is a horizontal area located between two stair flights

Stair railing is an enclosure made for the purpose of safety and for maximal convenience when moving between different levels.

Important elements of stairs are steps, newels and rails.

Stairs, ladders, transformers

The difference between stairs and ladders is that stairs are used leant against the wall, while ladder stands alone.

Transforming stairs consisting of four sections stand alone. Opportunities of transformers are rather wide. For example, one can arrange a work platform or an accomodation ladder with a console.Kinds of stairs

At the moment there is great variety of stais to fit any taste. There are metal, wooden, concrete and stone stairs. Rails for stairs can also be made of different materials – wood, metal, plastic. Besides, they can be forged, and such rails will decorate any interior.

Selection of place and kind of stairs

Selection of place for stairs depends on particular layout of a building. The best place is a spacious hall or hallway, where stairs will be a dominating structure decorating interior of premises. Spatious hall with wide floor aperture in the middle is favourable for arrangement of big stairs with wide flights and stair landings. Such stairs will not only decorate premises, but will also provide easy and safe movement.

If stairs are mounted in the corner of the room, in this case it is reasonable to make it rotating along walls, with landings between flights.

A small aperture in the floor deck, and failure to broaden it will surely lead to the solution to mount compact stairs with narrow flights of stairs. This solution can be also achieved in the result of absence of free areas at the ground floor and possibilities of free approach to the stairs.

Intensity of stair using will have a decisive meaning in choosing sizes and construction of stairs. If simultaneous movement of several people in the opposite direction or movement of large items by stairs is expected, stairs shall be of respective width. Stairs used from time to time shall not be compulsory wide.