Unfortunately, it often happens that when building a house, the owner remembers the stairs inside the house when everything is ready. But the necessary version of the stairs for the country house should be selected at the stage of creating a home project. And after that to make a detailed drawing of the future building, based on the characteristics of your chosen stairs. Let's consider what mistakes most often make in the construction of stairs for the house.
List of errors in the construction of stairs
1.The angle of descent/rise is too steep, over 50 degrees.
It's hard to climb up such a staircase and it's not safe to go down at all. Angle of 30-40, maximum 45 degrees, the most suitable option.
2.Stairs for country house have a very complicated shape.
Of course, the original configuration is good, but you are likely to have problems with the transportation of furniture and other large items.
3.Balusters in the fence are far from each other.
This variant is fraught with falling of an animal or a child. The distance between the posts should not exceed 15 cm.
4.The surface of the stairs is slippery:
There is no doubt that glass, polished stone and glossy lacquer are very beautiful and modern materials that create a unique design. However, stairs in a private house require safety measures. It is quite possible to bed the carpet and not to break the uniform style in the interior.
5.Materials for stairs are purchased independently and in different places.
If you plan to make a staircase by yourself, buy materials of the checked up quality and only known manufacturers. Leave the stairs to professionals!
6.Ladder coating for the home with stain and lacquer after installation.
This option is quite possible, but only if your staircase, only a functional element in the house and not decorative in any way. It is desirable to perform the painting procedure before the assembly. This should be done with the use of special equipment in a room free of dust. It should be remembered that when the stairs are painted at their final location, you will inevitably paint the surrounding objects, especially by using a sprayer.
7.The stairway is not separated by anything and unites floors directly.
If there are no separated volumes, for example, of doors or walls, warm air leaves up the stairwell and warms the room up, creating a thermal imbalance. In other words, you heat both from below and above, too, but only in the end you freeze down, and it is impossible to heat up from above. For this reason, a staircase should be in a corridor or a shaft, from where there are passageways to the living rooms through the doors.
8.Stairs made of expensive types of wood requires special care.
If, in winter, the house is empty and not heated, there will be problems. Stairs require a normal level of temperature and humidity, the violation of which leads to damage, namely, the drying up of the tree. If you do not live in the house permanently, set the heating to about 20 degrees. The air should be sufficiently moistened with a special device or elementary installation of water tanks near the sources of heating.
9.Mounting the stairs in a private house until the end of construction and finishing works.
This option is fraught with the risk that the staircase will lose its appearance, although it will retain its direct function. Those who install stairs in a wooden house, it should be remembered that most often, the new house gives shrinkage for a year up to 10% and before the end of shrinkage processes should be delayed with the stairs.
10.Wooden stairs with a high resin content.
If you have chosen a staircase made of these types of wood (pine, cedar, etc.), you should be aware that the resin can pass out even from under several layers of varnish.
Features when selecting the material and fixing the ladder elements
The large parts of the stairs are made of a single piece of wood. In this case, the steps and load-bearing support may be deformed and cracked. For many years can serve and please stairs made of properly dried and quality glued materials.
Fence fastenings without glue. If the staircase fence is attached to a wooden scale, then prepare for creaking and loosening. To securely fasten the elements of the staircase among themselves, you should use metal tie rods.
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