House Stairs Regulations
191025 c 1 Are installed at angles between 30 to 50 degrees from the horizontal.
House stairs regulations. You will also need a fire door between the ground and first floor. Minimum 6-8 headroom height clearance for stairway. Therefore let us recap on the residential stair code requirements.
Minimum 36 inch clear width for stairway. In addition to paragraph b of this section the employer must ensure standard stairs. Staircases should be designed for people to rest on landings not flights.
Standard risers are around 200mm so aim for this. The centre of the staircase should be no less than 19 metres from the ceiling. There are specific regulations governing the construction and installation of stairlifts.
In any case newel posts and stringers should not project more than 30 mm into the effective width of the staircase. 191025 c 2 Have a maximum riser height of 95 inches 24 cm. 191025 b 2 Vertical clearance above any stair tread to any overhead obstruction is at least 6 feet 8 inches 203 cm as measured from the leading edge of the tread.
As we saw above except for the single storey house a house with the ground floor staircases play a vital role for all the rest of the types of houses in escaping from the house during any fire mishap. To stay within Building Regulations a domestic staircase needs a rise of between 190mm and 220mm. Stairways wider than 1 metre need a handrail on both sides.
Stairs need to have. A 22 kN per linear metre. A minimum point loading of 15 kN applied on 10cm2 pad on each step.