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Posted by the_tool_man on August 21, 2008, 12:57 pm
> If you can get that past the building inspector (I'm not saying you
> can't!) it would be one awkward door. Odds are the inspector will want
> a landing at the top even if the door swings into the room. (and a
> larger landing if it swings towards the stair.)
My first point of negotiation will be to see if the inspector will
allow 9-13/16" deep stair treads. The door at the top should be fine,
because I see it done all the time around here. We'll see what he
says.
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Posted by dpb on August 21, 2008, 1:00 pm
the_tool_man wrote:
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> ... The door at the top should be fine,
> because I see it done all the time around here. We'll see what he
> says.
I don't suppose the door could be either a pocket or folding???
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Posted by PeterD on August 21, 2008, 3:38 pm
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:57:41 -0700 (PDT), the_tool_man
>> If you can get that past the building inspector (I'm not saying you
>> can't!) it would be one awkward door. Odds are the inspector will want
>> a landing at the top even if the door swings into the room. (and a
>> larger landing if it swings towards the stair.)
>My first point of negotiation will be to see if the inspector will
>allow 9-13/16" deep stair treads. The door at the top should be fine,
>because I see it done all the time around here. We'll see what he
>says.
Oh, it may be 'all right' in that respect, but they are awkward IMHO.
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Posted by Wayne Whitney on August 20, 2008, 2:23 pm
> The bottom of the stair ends at an interior wall which will get a
> new door. Can I place one tread on the other side of the door,
> moving the door opening up by the height of one riser? Do I need a
> landing?
Having a door in the middle of the staircase certainly isn't allowed
by the building code. You can't have a door at the bottom, either. A
door at the top is allowed for an interior residential staircase as
long as the door swings out over the landing.
Perhaps you could omit the door at the bottom of the staircase and
just have a door at the top, in the new space?
Cheers, Wayne
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Posted by SteveBell on August 20, 2008, 2:33 pm
the_tool_man wrote:
> I've been planning a bonus room addition to my house for years. This
> will require the installation of a stairway from the first floor to
> the new room. When I designed the addition several years ago, our
> building code specified a minumum tread depth of 9 inches. I was just
> able to fit the stair into the plan with about 10 inches to spare.
> Construction is about to commence, and I just learned that we have
> adpoted the 2006 code, which specifies the minum tread depth at 10
> inches. Now my stairs won't fit in the space allotted. I cannot move
> the top of the stair more than the 10 inches because there is a
> structural beam in the way. The bottom of the stair ends at an
> interior wall which will get a new door. Can I place one tread on the
> other side of the door, moving the door opening up by the height of
> one riser? Do I need a landing? I hope not, because the foyer on the
> other side of that wall is not big enough. I'll put a call in to the
> inspector this afternoon, but I'm curious as to how others have solved
> this.
Here's an on-line calculator for stairs:
http://www.blocklayer.com/stairs/StairsEng.aspx
Input your total rise and total run, then tell it your 10" step rise.
It will do the rest.
10" is an awfully large step. Are you sure that's what's required?
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Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX
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> can't!) it would be one awkward door. Odds are the inspector will want
> a landing at the top even if the door swings into the room. (and a
> larger landing if it swings towards the stair.)