Clear space should be provided at the top and bottom of flights of stairs measuring at least the width of the stair and this can be reduced to 400mm at the bottom of stairs within dwellings.
Building regulations door at bottom of stairs.
9 open riser stairs.
The building regulations stipulate that there must be 400mm from the door or swing of the door to the bottom of the stairs.
Door to bottom of stairs.
But note that the landing requirement is the same for the top and bottom so the door has to be 1 step width away from the bottom step and open outwards or inwards no closer than 400mm.
You are viewing building regulations door at bottom of stairs picture size 487x600 posted by steve cash at december 22 2017.
2 the loft conversion.
However a ground floor landing can have a gradient of no more than 1 20.
The landing must be wider than the width of the staircase.
For lost conversions of one or two rooms 600 to 750mm.
Resi s building regulations package.
Vertical rise for stairs.
Stairs cannot be continuous without have a landing or floor level that breaks up the flight of stairs.
There must be a landing at the top and bottom of every staircase.
Landings should be level.
The space between any door opening and the staircase should be at least 400mm.
Don t forget to browse another digital imagery in the related category or you can browse our other interesting digital imagery that we have.
If it s that bad put the door at the bottom of the stairs instead.
It s the ground floor of a protected staircase and shows the door swing directly over the bottom of the stair within the landing space.
The height limit established by code is intended to provide a reasonable interval for the user so that they may rest on a level surface and to alleviate the negative effects of long uninterrupted flights.
From ground floor to first floor with multiple rooms 800 to 950mm.
Building regulations part k does not specify the width of stairs for dwellings however it is generally accepted that.
Other uk staircase building regulations.
The diagrams below illustrate this.
The doors to the bedrooms and the wall constructions would all need to be fire rated to provide compartmentation i e if a fire starts in one room it wont spread quickly.
Doors should not open more than 400mm onto the front of any step.
Strictly you have two options one to put a door at the top of the stair at loft level or at the bottom of the stairs i e at first floor.