Building A Spiral Staircase

This is to instruct you on building a spiral staircase without going deep into calculation formulas fig 1 general drawing of the spiral staircase of it x27 s measurements h — the height of the staircase usually determined by the distance between the floors in your house

Spiral staircases save valuable square meters because they occupy a much smaller area than a conventional staircase with daring shapes and diverse configurations they can also be iconic objects

All building regulation spiral staircases should comply with the 100mm sphere rule i e there must be no gaps greater than 99mm anywhere on the spiral staircase unfortunately this disqualifies a large number of attractive balustrade and staircase designs in the uk leaving people with the more mundane vertical spindle designs or expensive

Arke stairs has spiral and modular stair kits for the do it yourselfer you can build your own spiral staircase with a little bit of welding skill and about 400 00 worth of steel even at current higher steel prices i have built 18 spiral stairways in the last 15 years all with some wooden components treads and handrails

Spiral staircase code overview our spiral stair building code and ibc stair code specifications provide technical details about the different code and non code packages we offer for commercial and residential projects these specifications show standard stair dimensions for height tread degree rotation degree and many more details for each