As title ... I'm considering the possibility of building one in he garden describing a 90 degree turn rather than having two short conventional flights with a landing in between. Anyone ever built one, got any drawings or know where I could find some?
My main stumbling block at this stage appears to be how to support the staircase at the narrow end - is the point it turns around (it's late - I've forgotton the real name)
TIA
My garden has a very steep slope and is divided into three areas: patio, first terrace (for formal shrubs) and the top terrace which is decked. These are connected with steps which due to the layout have two curved sections and one right-angle bend with a landing.
Both SWMBO and myself have managed to stumble on the curved stepped sections, and they are quite slippery when wet. The square landing section has proved safe as houses.
My opinion? Go with straight sections.
TF
My plan is for a central column the full height of the staircase, to which I'll attach vertical "cladding" boards (each around 2" deep) - these I can cut to form sockets for the stair treads to slot into.
I'm more worried about the outer edge - ideally I want something quite open, so don't want lots of supports in the way. And curving a rail in two different dimensions is going to be interesting.
Harry makes a good point - I really like the look of spirals, but they are a pain if you ever need to move anything bulky via them; I don't think I'd want one without an alternative route.
cheers
Jules
Here is a piccie of one..
Just For Fun..
Rupert Bear wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@l6g2000vbn.googlegroups.com:
How cool is that.
harry wrote in news:ad0cdd81-1664-4dc5-83b3- snipped-for-privacy@p13g2000yqh.googlegroups.com:
It's only doing a quarter turn with a lead out at the top.
Terry Fields wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Sounds very, very much like our garden, but this first flight of stairs will only be going 4 feet or thereabouts and whilst I'm more than happy to take you at your word about yours I can't see any reason why a spiral staircase would be any more or less slippy than a straight one made of the same materials.
... and the total raise will only be about 4 foot over a quarter turn with a straight lead out at the top. Still you've given me food for thought. Thanks
Jules Richardson wrote in news:ip6grt $fst$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
I'll have a play with tha idea, thanks.
Ah here I'm on a winner, the steps will be fully enclosed around the spiral bit (bricks probably) to hold the garden back so I can put what I like undernieth. :-)
Wow. That looks like it could deliver you at an alarmingly high speed
Ain't Photoshop kewl?
You're welcome.
I'd just add that our two spirals stairs are each about a 3' rise through a right-angle..
The reason people stumble is that the tread in the centre of the way can be less deep than the tread in a straight step, so you put your foot down and it meets the edge of the riser, causing you to slip.
We have to warn visitors to stay on the outside of the spiral, to benefit from the greater depth of the tread.
TF
What makes you think it's fake? Judging by some of the examples at the following URL there are some wonderfully-whacky staircases out there!
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Rupert Bear saying something like:
Bet that wasn't cheap.
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