Summary: Are you planning to redesign your house, transform the attic into a bedroom, or add another storey to your house or maybe make a deck in the backyard?
The most important part would be to choose the right kind of staircase for the best desired results of your project.
More than ever existing utility to serve as a passage to climb the above floor, the staircases have also served as a strong designing element, representing signs of creativity, styles and pattern. Their unique sense of vertical approach offers the human mind an opportunity to express their feelings in forms of shape and designs. They can be located inside the house or outside, there designing can present a strong expression of ideas.
Most traditional stairs are quite expensive to build and may cost a lot too, especially if they are made from hardwood or are hand-crafted. But still, there are some ways to make the dream come true!!
Although most of the superior quality and the well designed stairs were and are constructed by skilled craftsmen and professional stair makers, there are a lot of ways in which the contractors and you can make beautiful stairs in your home. There a lot of good quality stairs available to choose from which are pre-built and ready to assemble. Such stairs are not much expensive and have a simple installation process.
A lot of styles have been offered in staircases. They may be spiral, circular, straight or any other shape and their width may vary. It is always considered that the climb upstairs in gentle and less tiring if they are wide. The designs of the staircase also depend on other factors like the floor area and the vertical height.
Types of Stairways
Most commonly, the stairs are identified based on their shapes and the direction they run in. There are a number of varieties in stairs.
The straight stairs are the ones which are stretched from one level of the house to another. These are considered to be the simplest in terms of construction; however, they may not be suited to all types of floor-plans.
The return stairs are the ones which are divided in between to reverse their direction by 180 degrees at the place of landing.
The "L" shaped stairs which make a 90-degree turn at the landing.
The winder staircase is quite similar to the L-shaped stairs and lesser space is required; however, they may not be safe for use as the landing id divided into pie-shaped steps.
The circular stairs are the ones which generally sweep in a broad curve from the lower level to upper level.
The spiral stairs which twist around a center pole in one of two ways. Generally such stairs have an upright center pole in which the stairs radiate outwards, whereas the helix style stairs have a curve around the center support which follows the sweep twisting of the stairs.
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