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Straight staircases
When there is room for it, a straight flight is the best stair there is: easy to use, easy to carry furniture on, and the least expensive to make and fit.
When a straight flight works
The horizontal run of a straight staircase is roughly the same as its rise. For a first-floor door about three metres up, that means a flight around three and a half metres long plus a short landing where it meets the door. Where that fits along a wall or across a garden it is always our first suggestion.
Getting the details right
A straight stair is simple, which means every detail shows. We match the tread depth and riser height so the rhythm is even from bottom to top, run the handrail smoothly past the top landing, and set the stringers so the stair reads as one clean line against the building.
Options
Open or solid treads, bar, glass, mesh or wire guarding, a landing at the top with a gate, galvanised silver or powder coated in any colour. Most straight staircases are made, galvanised and fitted within a few weeks of the drawing being approved.
Questions we are asked about Straight staircases
What is the longest straight flight you can make?
For a stair serving one home, Approved Document K sets no 12- or 16-riser cap on a flight, so the space and the structure decide the length. Offices, shops and the shared stairs in blocks of flats are limited to 16 or 12 risers a flight, and every stair has to turn by 30 degrees or more after 36 risers. Our Part K note has the figures.
Can a straight staircase be freestanding?
Yes. Where there is no wall to fix to, we design it to be self-supporting on posts and footings, with a concrete pad cast under the bottom step.
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