Staircase Anatomy: Understanding the Components of a Commercial Staircase
Sep 24 2024
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Nov 18 2024
Designing Staircases: Dimensions, Angles, and Landing Essentials Explained
Staircase design is a critical aspect of architectural planning, requiring careful consideration of dimensions, angles, and landings to ensure safety, functionality, and compliance with building codes. .
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Sep 24 2024
Staircase Anatomy: Understanding the Components of a Commercial Staircase
A staircase is a vital architectural element, both functionally and aesthetically. Key components such as stair treads, risers, nosings, stringers, handrails, and landings ensure safety and design integrity. Proper dimensions and materials are crucial to prevent accidents and enhance usability, making it essential for builders and architects to understand the staircase. Stairpans and treads provide surface area for stepping, nosings improve grip, and risers define the height between steps. Each component plays an important role in ensuring the staircase meets both safety codes and design preferences..
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Jul 26 2024
How To Build A Spiral Staircase: Design, Construction, & Cost Considerations
Spiral staircases are often considered for several reasons including: their space efficiency, aesthetic appeal, versatility in materials and styles, cost-effectiveness, ease of installation, safety features, compliance with certain building regulations, and practicality for accessing tight or specific areas like lofts and attics..
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Apr 15 2024
New Stair Nosing Products Added!
Stair Components and Systems is proud to announce the addition of five new Stair Nosing products, from Wooster Products, that we feel are a perfect compliment to our existing offerings! We are always on the lookout for new ways to improve our customer offerings and expand our products and services in a way that adds value to our customers. .
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Mar 18 2024
How to Build Concrete Stairs: Stair Installation Tips & Tricks
Concrete stairs are a fundamental component of many commercial buildings and parking garages, offering a sturdy and durable means of travel between floors. Perhaps the most essential component of concrete stairs is the metal stairpan, into which concrete is poured to form the structure of the concrete stair steps. These stairpans serve as both a concrete form and also the framework for the stairs, providing support and reinforcement for the concrete as it cures and hardens..
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