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10 ways to dress stair walls beautifully |

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A large expanse of space, staircase walls deserve some of your decorative attention, and that’s where these staircase wall ideas come in. 

Employing color, hanging wallpaper, or adding paneling can transform plain walls, while artwork, wall sculpture, or other wall-hung displays can equally give this part of your home personality, and make the staircase far more than simply a way up and down.

Here, we’ve put together staircase walls ideas along with expert input to make your hallway ideas beautiful and individual. 

Staircase wall ideas

Make the most of the large blank canvas above and below the staircase with staircase wall ideas for homes both modern and traditional in their style. From staircase ideas that include structural elements, such as paneling, to simple tricks like hanging artwork, these are our favorites.

1. Create a vignette

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Whether you're looking for landing ideas or a way to draw attention to the wall at the bottom of the stairs, there's always an area that can become a focal point with clever styling.  

‘In this particular project, we were bringing a more classic, but sort of stodgy, interior space up to date and refreshing the entry area helped set a better tone for the house all around,’ explains Liz Lapan, showroom manager at In Detail Interiors .

‘After a fresh coat of paint we wanted to keep the feeling clean but offer a comfortable little vignette that featured artwork on the walls (stairwell areas are always a great space for more of a salon-style hang with artwork which means you can use a litany of different styles and sizes of art) and added a foyer table paired with some stools. 

‘When doing this at home think about your sightlines, colors, a mix of frame styles – and don’t be afraid to lay things out on the floor first and use a friend to help hold things up to see how they look and feel before committing to their placement on the wall.’

2. Make a display

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Wall decor ideas are a great way to create a point of interest and you can easily curate a display on a staircase wall with sculptural objects. These round pieces create a fluid shape but are sufficiently close to one another to make an impact as a group.

These are hung on a backdrop of wallpaper but their shape and texture ensures they’re not lost against the bold pattern. Similar colors and curvaceous lines make the pairing of display and wallpaper cohesive.

3. Make staircase walls surprising

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Unconventional choices can make impactful staircase wall ideas. ‘For an outside-of-the-box idea and application, I added shoes on the walls and ceilings, winding up four flights of stairs in this contemporary home,’ says Jessica Davis, principal designer of JL Design .  

‘By following the steps of the shoes you are led to a rooftop deck for lounging. This unexpected installation creates surprise and delight to those who enter and introduces fun pops of color in the process.’

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The right staircase wall ideas can make it a destination rather than merely a circulation area – and hallway wallpaper ideas are an obvious option.

‘The stairway in this photo is located in the main entrance to the home,’ says Mark Lavender, principal designer of M. Lavender Interiors . 

‘We were looking for that strong statement as you entered the home and found it with the Shanghai wallpaper from Scalamandré. We decided to go for it and use it on all walls as well as the matching fabric on the Roman shade.’

5. Use paneling for staircase walls

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Paneling ideas are a classic choice for staircase walls and have both aesthetic and practical benefits.

‘Paneling adds depth to this entryway, and dresses up the space,’ says Julie Dodson of Dodson Interiors . ‘On stairs, paneling is nice because it’s wipeable and easy to clean. 

‘This particular home was gutted and restored, and we wanted to create some depth and texture on the wall. You can do this with wallpaper, but that wasn’t the homeowners’ style. They are a little more traditional-meets-transitional, so we chose a more modern paneling with even squares. ’

6. Multiply the view

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Consider hanging a mirror in addition to artwork on a staircase wall. Decorating with mirrors can provide a pleasing alternative view of the detail of the staircase and your choice of stair runner or carpet as well as the artwork hung there.

The dimensions of a staircase wall offer the opportunity to scale up a mirror hung there as well as pictures for a look that’s clean lined and unfussy.

7. Be bold with artwork

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Gallery wall ideas are a favorite decor choice for staircase walls, and allows pieces to be enjoyed to the maximum as they’re located in a much-used part of the home.

‘Our client had a very eclectic and robust art collection including these famous prints,’ says Mark Lavender. ‘We chose the basic black and white plaid pattern to serve as a canvas for the more bold art pieces.’

8. Opt for a textural staircase wall 

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For subtle but unmistakeable decorative detail consider a textural finish for the staircase wall.  

‘This is a floating staircase with a stacked stone wall for its backdrop,’ says Missy Stewart, principal designer at Missy Stewart Designs . 

‘The light-up tree is a beautiful welcoming beacon in this entry. We added a replica of a city grate to complete the look.’

9. Strike a balance with architectural features

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When a staircase is a stand-out feature of a home, it pays to exercise restraint when considering staircase wall ideas. 

‘Houston-based Robert Dame did the architecture for this home,’ says Julie Dodson. ‘The wood beams and the asymmetrical ceiling created a moody backdrop for the staircase. Sometimes you have to let the architecture speak for itself when it comes to decorating stairs. Here, it was more about textures than anything else.

‘The artwork didn’t need to be big or overwhelm the space; it’s proportional to the small scale of the staircase. A larger work would have taken away from the architecture and that moodiness. ’

10. Play with tradition

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Hanging a classically patterned wallpaper can strike a traditional note for the entrance to a home as well as adding interest to the staircase. However, it can be worth teaming hallway wallpaper ideas with more contemporary decor.

‘We had selected this very traditional damask wallcovering for a stair hall in our client’s home,’ says Mark Lavender. 

As for the choice of stair runner: ‘We liked the idea of bringing in a more irregular modern pattern to run against the strictly traditional wallcovering,’ he explains. ‘We love the tension these two concepts create with each other.’

How can I make my stairwell more interesting?

To make a stairwell more interesting, treat it as you would the rest of your home, considering paint or wallpaper to change the look of the walls. Adding paneling, meanwhile, makes for a sophisticated finish but it’s also protective, sparing the walls bumps and scuffs in a busy family home.

Consider hanging pictures, whether that’s a themed gallery, or one linked by the color of the picture frames. Objects can create an alternative display on the walls, and since staircase walls can be sizeable, there’s an opportunity to show off larger pieces from wallhangings to more quirky found pieces.

How do you decorate a small staircase?

A small staircase can easily pack a decorative punch despite its proportions. It’s important not to make passage up and down the stairs difficult, so for walls use paint or wallpaper rather than hanging pictures or other pieces if these could get knocked during everyday comings and goings.

Use stair paint ideas to dress up plain treads or consider staircase carpet ideas for color, pattern, and a more forgiving surface underfoot. 

Think about whether to upgrade balusters or change a handrail to a more interesting and tactile material – new staircase railing ideas can have a massive impact. 

Think imaginative staircase lighting ideas, too: hang beautiful pendant lighting, too, rather than sticking with plain ceiling-recessed lights.

Sarah is a freelance journalist and editor. Previously executive editor of Ideal Home, she’s specialized in interiors, property and gardens for over 20 years, and covers interior design, house design, gardens, and cleaning and organizing a home for H&G. She’s written for websites, including Houzz, Channel 4’s flagship website, 4Homes, and Future’s T3; national newspapers, including The Guardian; and magazines including Future’s Country Homes & Interiors, Homebuilding & Renovating, Period Living, and Style at Home, as well as House Beautiful, Good Homes, Grand Designs, Homes & Antiques, LandLove and The English Home among others. It’s no big surprise that she likes to put what she writes about into practice, and is a serial house renovator. 

58 Best Staircase Ideas 2022

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Consider this your motivation to reach new style heights.

By Sarah DiMarco

Douglas Friedman

Staircases are the spine of the home. Not only do they bridge together the rooms and stories within a house, but they're often the first space a guest encounters at the entryway. As such, staircases serve dual purposes: they must be welcoming as well as functional.

With such an, ahem, elevated role within a home, staircases deserve just as much decorative consideration and polish as the rest of the home. For example, staircases make for ideal spaces for modern wallpaper or a dash of unexpected color. Unique lighting, an artful collection, and statement-making runners are also brilliant ways to enliven staircases. Finally, banisters made of hand-forged iron, custom fretwork, and even inlay tiles can transform stairs into sculptural masterpieces.

Read on to discover a striking collection of 52 of our all-time-favorite staircase designs. These beautiful staircase ideas will help you plot out your own grand entrance.

VICTORIA PEARSON

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The Bright Staircase

Tour-de-force decorator Mary McDonald's embarked on a journey to transform this Pebble Beach château from drab to sophisticated. Her immediate solution was to cast a soft glow throughout the house by way of white paint and luxe materials. A Gothic-inspired wrought-iron banister adds elegance to the limestone staircase.

Thomas Loof

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The Penthouse Staircase

As loyal patrons of Canadian art, former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his wife, Mila, wanted each room of their Montreal penthouse (designed by Les Ensembliers) to showcase their beloved art collection including the stairwell. The family’s French poodle, Hugo, leads guest up the stairs past a treelike sculpture specially commissioned from Canadian artist Laura Santini.

Lisa Romerein

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The Indoor-Outdoor Staircase

Design duo Brooke and Steve Giannetti created the central staircase in this Los Angeles villa to "conjure an old French courtyard. ” Steve used the same stucco and rugged limestone found on the home's exterior on the walls and planted ivy along the stairs. The outdoor lanterns (Shades of Light) and double-story glass-and-steel windows ensure the stairwell is constantly filled with light.

Dylan Thomas

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The London Staircase

Designer Gary McBournie and architect Mike Fisher of Studio Indigo set out to honor this London rowhouse's original Victorian spirit by way of architecture and color. An example of this is the curved, aqua staircase topped by an oval oculus that pours daylight into the house’s core.

Pieter Estersohn

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The Fresco Staircase

Bountiful jasmine, bougainvillea, and plumbago climb up the spiral staircase in Renvy Graves Pittman's Bel Air estate as part of a Chinese fretwork fresco by artist Haleh Atabeigi. The windowsill houses a collection of antique ginger jars.

Thomas Loof

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The Vista Staircase

Peaking past the marvelous wood-carved library lies a wondrous garden vista (Gracie Studio) in the double-height staircase of this Ashley Whittaker-designed Connecticut estate. An antique scroll-arm settee (RT Facts Design & Antiques) is given new life with the help of a plush yellow fabric (Holland & Sherry).

Annie Schlechter

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The Library Staircase

Architect James F. Carter jokes that the most common thread through the “hodgepodge" in his personal Birmingham home is the books. There are cases in the library, dining room, and master bedroom, and even along this stairway to the second floor. The antique American chair is in a J. Robert Scott fabric.

Douglas Friedman

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The Salmon Staircase

While his San Antonio home may traditional showcase architecture, the interiors burst with edge and energy thanks to Todd Romano's deployment of intense color. Salmon pink serves as the vivacious backdrop for English and Dutch dog portraiture and European allegorical paintings. Todd Romano is in the entry with English Lab, George.

Brie Williams

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The Charleston Staircase

Serving as her design laboratory, decorator Ceara Donnelly's 18th-century Charleston home comes alive with clever color and bold patterns. Tumbling-block flooring by decorative artist Stephanie Poe dresses up the entry stairway. A platinum lustre Christopher Spitzmiller lamp sits atop japanned library steps from Mario Buatta’s estate.

Scott Frances

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The Serene Staircase

Bodron/Fruit made the most of every square foot in this Nantucket home even in the entry stairwell. Framed abstract artwork by Eva Lundsager and an early 20th-century oak hall bench found at Lassco in London greet guests before they venture upstairs.

Thomas Loof

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The Florida Deco Staircase

In this Summer Thornton-designed Florida home, the ceiling-height white oak cabinetry with lattice door panels mimics the geometric railing of the staircase while separating it from the kitchen. The Bunny Williams Home chair is covered in a Raoul Textiles fabric.

Nickolas Sargent

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The Mint Staircase

In total "Gusto" fashion, the family team from Palm Beach's beloved Casa Gusto sought to evoke a sense of comfort and familiarity in the staircase of the Kips Bay Palm Beach Show House. The walls are swathed in Saybrooke Sage by Benjamin Moore with hand-crafted papier-mâché goods from the shop.

Mali Azima

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The Ombre Staircase

In the entry of this Atlanta home redesigned by architect Yong Pak and designer Melanie Turner, an ombré stair runner from The Rug Company greets guests in ascendant shades of jade. Tile flooring, Kelly Wearstler for Ann Sacks.

Amy Neunsinger

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The Hand-painted Tile Staircase

Old-world craftsmanship sails brilliantly into the new world inside this California home designed by Mark D. Sikes. In the entry, hand-painted tiles (NS Ceramic) climb the stairs alongside an Italian Moorish table.

Douglas Friedman

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The Woodland Staircase

At this Connecticut house designed by Miles Redd, a mural of an Italian landscape forms a grand Arcadian canopy over the domed stairwell, wrapping it in towering greenery. Custom-printed mural, Iksel Decorative Arts. The leopard-print carpet is by Patterson Flynn Martin.

DYLAN THOMAS

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The Whimsical Staircase

The Greenbrier

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The Greenbrier Staircase

As one of the most beautiful places to visit in the South, it's no surprise the Greenbrier boasts one of the country's most elegant staircases. Designed by Dorothy Draper, the West Virigina resort's presidential suite staircase is the epitome of chic featuring a graceful curve, fretwork railing, and a red runner trimmed in black.

Francesco Lagnese

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The Striped Staircase

In this Connecticut Colonial home designed by David Netto, a striped runner climbs the stairs in classic fashion. Audubon water­colors and Pablo Picasso earthenware hang in the stairwell. Door color, Wythe Blue (Benjamin Moore). Carpet, Woodard Weave

Brie Williams

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The Painted Staircase

Brown and blue never looked so fresh than in the staircase of designer Matthew Carter's Bahamas cottage, where a blue painted runner climbs the brown-painted stairwell decorated with mid-20th-century photos of Florida and the Bahamas. Stair “runner” color, Maritime Blue, Benjamin Moore

Nelson Hancock

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The Sepia Staircase

Stephen Karlisch

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The Garden Staircase

At the Kips Bay Decorator Show House in Dallas, Rottet Studio designed the home’s entryway as a nod to Southern gardens. The custom magnolia forest wallpaper by is Trove, and the hide rugs are by Kyle Bunting.

Courtesty of Susan Zises Green

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The Collected Staircase

Staircases often make for beautiful spaces in which to display collections. Just take if from designer Susan Zises Green, who shows off her collection of Nantucket lightship baskets and sailor woolies in her historic Nantucket home.

WILLIAM WALDRON

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The Old World Staircase

Designer Steven Gambrel created the perfect marriage of old-world charm and modern glamour in his Manhattan townhouse. Lacquered walls, oversize artwork, and statement lighting make this space every bit as beautiful as the main living spaces.

Helen Norman

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The Low Country Staircase

Andrew Howard designed this Low Country hunting lodge with family weekends and festive entertaining in mind. The home's entryway exudes Southern charm with masculine hardwoods, vintage rugs, and, of course, a bouquet of fresh-cut flowers from the garden. The stair runner is by Crescent.

SIMON UPTON

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The Black-and-White Staircase

This understated staircase embodies the elegance and history of a 100-year-old home in Atlanta. Designer Amy Morris gives this space some dramatic flair with a raw burnished steel stairwell for a continuous visual ribbon.

HELENIO BARBETTA

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The Seaside Farmhouse Staircase

Italian designer Marco Bay dreamed up this staircase for his incredible Portofino farmhouse with spectacular water views. Bay keeps the rustic, old-world feel of the home and incorporates its natural environment surrounding the property with framed native grasses and an antique lantern.

Kilian O'Sullivan

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The Gothic Staircase

Strawberry Hill House is a historic landmark in one of London's most affluent areas. Built in 1747, Strawberry Hill is one of Britain's most renowned examples of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture, and this hauntingly beautiful staircase is no exception. A neutral color scheme allows the stunning architecture to shine here.

James Fennell

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The Unforgettable Staircase

Ballyfin is a historic Irish estate that lies an hour and a half outside of Dublin. Its main staircase is lined with stunning portraits on an unexpected robin's egg blue wall. A marble floor and staircase makes this corner of the home every bit as timeless as the 19th-century estate itself.

Max Kim-Bee

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Woodland Staircase

Enchanted by her Colorado ranch’s mountain backdrop and surrounding forests, designer Kirsten Norman used creamy colors and luxurious textiles to compliment the home’s log staircase. The rope pendants in the entry are by MoonStoneFox. The rug is from Restoration Hardware.

Alexandre Bailhache

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Provence Staircase

Being mindful of the scale and layout of the 200-year-old French farmhouse, designer Susan Bednar Long composed vignettes of multiple smaller pieces in every room to offset the generous proportions. A gracefully skirted entrance table welcomes guests to ascend the staircase and explore the 13,00-square-foot manse. The iron stair banister was hand-forged on site with traditional provincial detailing. The antiqued verdigris lantern is by Jamb.

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Stairs. Types, designs and requirements

Stairs can be classified according to:

  1. Purpose and location,
  2. Shape and location of the turn,
  3. Material from which they are made,
  4. Fire resistance.

Division of stairs according to purpose and location

Taking into account the purpose of the stairs, there are:0006

  • ladder to the basement,
  • commodity ladders,
  • fire (evacuation) ladder.

    • By location:

    Depending on the shape and location of the gears:

    Depending on the materials used for the construction, there are:

    Each of these types of stairs can have a different structure, which is mainly dictated by the appearance of the stairs and the architecture of the building itself.

    Self-supporting stairs can be used in a variety of materials, both for construction and load-bearing elements. In addition to classic wood, steel, glass, conglomerates and architectural concrete can be used. These materials can be used for steps, risers and the structure itself. Modern solutions also use load-bearing walls next to the stairs as a direct structural element for fixing the treads. nine0003

    Reinforced concrete stairs can also be given a non-standard character by installing reinforced concrete steps directly into the walls, or instead of giving these structures a classic look, they can be made into a carpet, where both planes are "jagged" rather than classically smooth and straight. In addition to wood, reinforced concrete stairs can be finished with other materials, such as: stone, carpeting, and recently very popular architectural concrete. The method of covering the stairs should be taken into account already during their design, since the type and thickness of the lining, both for stairs and for floors, should be taken into account in the heights of the first and last steps (height when exiting the stairs to the first floor). nine0017 A well-designed and constructed staircase must comply with a number of legal conditions that guarantee safety and comfort of use.

    Reinforced concrete stairs

    The load-bearing structural elements of reinforced concrete stairs are beams or slabs, which can be supported by walls or columns. Beams can be placed on the sides of the stairs (stringer structures) or along the axis of the stairs (central structures).
    Depending on the type of load-bearing elements of reinforced concrete stairs, beam and plate stairs are distinguished. Beam stairs according to the method of fastening the steps are divided into:

    Laminated stairs consist of a running plate, the slab of which can be:

    In modern construction, monolithic and reinforced concrete stairs are quite often performed, because they are refractory material and such stairs can already be used in the construction or decoration of a building. Reinforced concrete stairs, due to their design and the need to use special foundations, reinforcement and their proper connection with building elements (ceiling, walls, foundations) are built during the erection of walls, and during pouring. In addition to using the correct grade of concrete, appropriate reinforcement must be considered when designing reinforced concrete stairs, and an additional disadvantage in the manufacture of such stairs is the need to create a wooden formwork before pouring, which requires precision. Errors will affect the shape of the steps and the inaccuracy of the dimensions. nine0003

    Prefabricated stairs

    An alternative to site-cast stairs are prefabricated concrete stairs, which guarantee technical quality and dimensional accuracy, as well as a wide range of shape modification options.

    Oversized ladders
    In multi-storey buildings of monolithic, frame or slab construction, large-sized prefabricated stairs are used. Such ladders consist of steps, interfloor landing plates and multi-storey landing plates. The prefabricated steps are lifted by a crane using cable slings, which are attached to the transport eyes in the steps of the stairs or platforms. The laid stair slabs are joined to the reinforcement of the building, the gaps are filled with the appropriate concrete mixture and left fixed. Such ladders are very heavy and are used mainly for connection between the floors of single and multi-family buildings. In high-rise apartments, lighter self-supporting stairs are most often used. nine0003

    Self-supporting ladder
    The main load-bearing elements in the construction of stairs are beams that rest on the floor, ceiling, walls or columns. Support beams can be wood or steel. Often steps are mounted directly to the wall or suspended on special beams from the ceiling of the building.

    Wooden ladder
    Both steps and structural elements are made of wood. Most often it is coniferous wood, less often deciduous. Wood intended for the construction of stairs must be correctly glued (with alternating fibers) from boards 4-10 cm wide. Such preparation of the material prevents its subsequent warping and deformation. nine0017 There are so-called stringers in wooden stairs, in which two wooden beams (they are also called vangs) are placed on both sides of the run (from the side of the steps), and the steps themselves are fixed between the beams. Another way is to attach rungs to the top of the string, which will then have a "toothed" shape to match the depth and height of the rungs.
    Wooden steps are usually 4-6 cm thick.
    Another type of wooden ladder structure is the central structure. Usually made of two or three parts, placed along the axis of the step. Central structures can also be made in modular form. Then it is a series of smaller elements, fastened together with special screws into one whole. The steps of the central structures are attached to the upper surface of the structure using metal fixing plates. nine0003

    Metal ladder
    In metal stairs, both steps and structures, as well as other elements, are made of metal. The device of this type of stairs is the same as that of wooden ones. Thus, they create buccal, central or modular designs. Frame elements are made of various types of steel profiles of the appropriate section, providing strength and rigidity. The profiles are welded together to give the entire structure the appropriate shape to allow the installation of steps. Often, metal staircase structures are made from sheets 8 to 10 mm thick, laser cut and fastened with appropriate screws. nine0017 The steps of metal stairs are usually made from trusses. However, this is not the only option for metal steps. They can be made from smooth, corrugated or perforated sheet metal or by combining different materials with each other.

    Metal and wood or glass stairs
    For the manufacture of stairs are often used different materials. You can connect, for example, a metal structure with wooden or glass steps. Recently, steps made of sintered quartz agglomerate, cellular concrete or stone have been in fashion. The design of such a ladder and the method of fastening the steps are the same as in other cases. The exception is glass steps, which are fastened with special holders called swivel. This fastening provides rigidity and at the same time protects this fragile material. nine0017

    Outdoor ladder

    They must be made of weather and abrasion resistant materials. External stairs should have a slope of 1-2% to ensure water drainage. The ladder cannot rest directly on the ground, as it may fall and break. They are installed on a separate foundation or connected to the basement structure of the building. The bottom of the stair foundation must be below the freezing limit of the ground. The upper surface of the steps and the landing of the external stairs must be non-slip. To do this, stone and concrete surfaces are ground and left without grinding. On the high ground floor, external reinforced concrete stairs are often used, cantilevered in the wall of the building. nine0017 Street stairs can also be made of metal. Then before painting they should be galvanized. Only such protected stairs can be coated with paints intended for outdoor use.

    Number of steps
    In one flight of stairs located inside buildings, there should be no more than 17 steps. The exception is medical institutions, in which there can be no more than 14 degrees in one pass.
    The above requirement does not apply to single-family houses and homesteads, as well as individual holiday homes, duplex apartments and access to technical devices. nine0017 The number of steps in one march of the external staircase for all types of buildings should not exceed 10.
    Stairs and railings - additional requirements
    Depending on the installation location of the stairs and the purpose of the building, the stairs must meet a number of additional requirements. Here are the most important ones:

    Special requirements are also imposed on flights of stairs, which are also escape routes in public buildings, offices, medical institutions, industrial and warehouse buildings. nine0003

    It is prohibited to use on escape routes:

    Marches and platforms of stairs and ramps used for evacuation must be made of non-combustible materials and have a fire resistance class of at least:

    The above fire resistance class requirement does not apply to stairwells separated on each floor by fire atriums and stairs to the mezzanine in the room in which it is located, if the mezzanine is intended for use by no more than 10 people.

    In a low-rise building with a fire resistance class "D" or "E" in closed staircases, closed with doors with a fire resistance class of at least EI 30, it is allowed to manufacture stairs and platforms from flammable materials. nine0017 Indoor stairs in apartments of an apartment building and single family home, farmhouse and individual recreation, and a temporary building not intended for recreational purposes or other gatherings of people may not meet the requirements for escape routes.

    The variety of materials and technologies available gives almost unlimited possibilities when designing stairs. The stairs are given various shapes, arranged in terms of arches, circles, fit into limited spaces with the help of the so-called duck (milling) step device. The top experts in the downstream industry offer effective solutions such as steps installed directly into walls (shelf ladders), ladders suspended from steel cables or rods, ladders bent from thin sheet metal, or ladders with glass as a structural element. When building stairs, it is important to always use the knowledge of industry experts and their experience. nine0017

    Stair structures

    Traditional fine-element designs stairs, consisting of steps, stringers, platform and strut beams, platform slabs, suit in modern buildings only in the absence industrial base, in a low-rise housing construction and. during reconstruction, in buildings with non-uniform height floor or march. Depending on the material of stringers (and platform beams) distinguish small-element stairs on metal and reinforced concrete stringers, wooden stairs. nine0003

    Rice. 102. Designs small-element ladders

    Stairs on metal stringers (fig. 90) have a bearing base of channels or I-beams (No. 14-18), distributed in pairs in each march and platform (wall platform beam can missing, and platform slabs lean directly on the wall staircase). Mounting finely elemental stairs start with laying platform beams, resting them on the side stairwell walls. Areal beams are loaded with stringers and flat reinforced concrete platform slabs. At the device of two mid-flight stairs with marches of different lengths, as well as three- and nine0003

    Rice. 103. Construction stairs. Small element designs ladders on melallic stringers

    four mid-flight stairs are used bent braids.

    Reinforced concrete is laid along the stringers textured steps; flat reinforced concrete slabs of the platform - floors. At the junction of the flight of stairs special steps: lower and upper frieze, forming a transition to horizontal platform planes. Application metal beams for stairs civil buildings in us-current time limited. nine0003

    Stairs on reinforced concrete stringers (Fig. 102, a) have the same constructive scheme, as the stairs on steel stringers. The difference is in the material beams and how they are connected. Reinforced concrete stringers are ending spikes, which, when assembling the stairs inserted into the nests of the strut beams. For march transition to the site are used frieze steps.

    Wooden stairs (Fig. 102, b, 104) suit in wooden buildings and in stone residential, if in the last staircase functions as an indoor unit. nine0003

    Rice. 104. Wooden stairs

    Rice. 105. Stairs on strings

    Rice. 106. Details stairs with wooden strings

    Rice. 107. Options wooden interior stairs

    Structural scheme of wooden stairs is characteristic of all types finely elemental stairs: load-bearing base marches are inclined beams - bowstrings (less often stringers) that cut (including with the help of spikes) in the playground beams. For pairing tread boards and risers with a bowstring and side it edges make grooves (cuts) with depth 15-25 mm; after assembling the stairs they are covered fencing design or decorative rail. nine0003

    Rice. 108. Screw staircase, general view, plan and calculation

    When arranging wooden stairs on kosoura the latter are made of paired boards with short spacers; issues laying form: supports for boards steps.

    Large-element stairs in the largest degrees correspond to the nature of modern industrial housing construction, as mount them from prefabricated large-sized elements, as a rule, complete factory readiness. With elevated operational requirements (in public buildings) prefabricated reinforced concrete marches are used with overhead treads of mosaic or marble slabs, which are laid on cement mortar after completion major construction work. nine0003

    Large-element stairs perform in various design options. There are stairs assembled from four elements per floor two marches and two platforms, and stairs that assembled from two elements per floor - marches with semi-platforms. According to the first variant marches are made at the factory in the form of a large-sized reinforced concrete element with two bearing ribs (according to analogies with stringers) or with one, with steps of solid or folded sections; platforms - in the form of ribbed or flat slab with tides. During installation stairs are laid first sites. The ends of the ribs of these plates (or side faces) close up in masonry longitudinal walls of the staircase. Flights of stairs are laid on the tides sites and connect by welding mortgages details. For the purpose of unifying designs stairs all marches (except basement) make the same size. nine0003

    Large-element stairs, solved according to the second option (from marches with semi-platforms, have steps of folded contours to reduce consumption concrete, and hence the mass of the element. The disadvantages of such marches can be attribute the boominess when walking, which worsens the living qualities of adjacent stairwell of the premises. prefabricated reinforced concrete stair elements have longitudinal bearing ribs, ends which are embedded in masonry walls staircase. In construction practice there are marches with semi-platforms, solved in the form of solid constructions sections. The supports for both are walls or crossbars of the frame, located along the sides of the staircase. nine0003

    Comparing with the first option large-element stairs, you can see the advantages of the second option: the assembly unit is enlarged and the quantity they are half as many, when supported by transverse the walls of the building there is an opportunity stained glass devices stairs.

    Constructions of entrance steps, terrace and porches

    Before entering the building arrange either entry stage that prevents flow of atmospheric water into the room, or the outer porch leading to ground floor level (and replacement basement march of the main staircase). The entry stage can be done in the form of a monolithic structure (Fig. 110 a) and the national team (Fig. 110, b). In the latest precast concrete slab (solid or ribbed) rests on consoles, which are released from the foundations of the building. The material for the consoles are the same foundation blocks placed in dressing with blocks of the foundation wall. The prefabricated variant on consoles is preferable because it increases structural durability and performance. For retraction water from the building entrance stage attached slope equal to 1.0-1.5%. nine0003

    Rice. 109. Planning schemes of entrance stairs of residential buildings

    Fig. 110. Designs of input steps, terraces and porches

    Rice. 111. Constructive outdoor staircase solutions

    Terraces can be arranged on bulk compacted soil (Fig. 93, c) or according to reinforced concrete slabs; while the stairs which leads to the level of the terrace, made from precast concrete invoiced steps or steps natural stone (granite, limestone) on monolithic or prefabricated reinforced concrete slabs.

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