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A Treatise on Architecture and Building Construction Vol. III.

VOLUME III - STAIR BUILDING, ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK ROOFING, SHEET-METAL WORK ELECTRIC-LIGHT WIRING AND BELLWORK WITH PRACTICAL QUESTIONS AND EXAMPLES

author: The International Correspondence Schools
published in: 1899
pages: 412

Stair Building
Section

Page

INTRODUCTION.

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1
STAIRWAY CONSTRUCTION.

11

2

MATERIALS USED.

11

2

TERMS USED IN STAIR BUILDING.

11

2
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION.

11

4
RISERS AND TREADS.

11

6

DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION

11

6
HEADROOM.

11

8

STRINGERS.

11

8
CONSTRUCTION OF STEPS.

11

12
CURVED RISERS

11

14

PLATFORMS

11

14
CYLINDERS

11

15
MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS.

11

17

MOLDINGS

11

17

ERECTION

11

17
BALUSTRADES.

11

18

NEWELS

11

18
BALUSTERS

11

19
HAND RAILS

11

20

RAMPS AND EASEMENTS

11

20
STIFFENING HAND RAILS

11

21
STAIRWAY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

11

22

ORDINARY FORMS.

11

22

STEP LADDERS

11

22

PLANK STAIRWAY

11

22
GEOMETRICAL STAIRWAY

11

24

STRAIGHT STAIRWAY

11

24
PLATFORM STAIRWAYS

11

25
WINDING TREADS

11

29

EASEMENT CURVES

11

29

ITEMS OF DETAIL

11

29
DOUBLE WINDERS

11

31

WIDTH, OF WINDERS

11

31
DEVELOPMENT OF STRINGERS

11

32
ARRANGEMENT OF WINDERS

11

33

CARRIAGE TIMBER

11

33
NEWEL STAIRWAYS

11

35

NEWEL STAIRWAYS

11

35
OPEN STRINGERS

11

37
CLOSE STRINGERS

11

39

HALF NEWELS

11

39
NEWEL POSTS AND HAILS

11

41

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT OF NEWELS

11

41

SINGLE NEWEL

11

41
SWELLED STEPS AND CURVED STRINGERS

11

42
CURTAIL STEP

11

44
SPECIAL FORMS OF STAIRWAYS.

11

47

QUARTER PLATFORM

11

47
QUARTER-TURN WINDING

11

48

PLATFORM AND CURVED RISERS

11

48
NEWEL BETWEEN QUARTER CYLINDERS

11

49

HALF-TURN PLATFORM

11

49

WINDING STAIRWAY

11

49
ARRANGEMENT FOR INTERMEDIATE FLOOR

11

50

QUARTER PLATFORM WITH TANGENT BETWEEN QUARTER CYLINDERS

11

50

QUARTER PLATFORM WITH SEMICIRCULAR CYLINDER

11

50
DOUBLE PLATFORMS

11

51

QUARTER PLATFORM WITH STEP

11

51

THREE-QUARTER TURN

11

51
STARTING OR LANDING WINDERS

11

52

QUARTER PLATFORM WITH NEWELS

11

52

PLATFORM STAIRWAY WITH TWO RETURN FLIGHTS

11

52
CIRCULAR STAIRWAY

11

53
WAINSCOTING.

11

54

ELLIPTIC STAIRWAY

11

54

WAINSCOTING.

11

54
END OF THE STAIR BUILDING SECTION

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