Tuesday, 24 April 2018

How To Choose Perfect Staircase And Handrail Designs?

Staircases and handrails are an integral part of the building design. It is more than an element that connects different heights. It can become the decorative attraction of your house with just a few steps and designs. There are several styles of stair designs, material, and shapes, as well as sizes.

     Stair Handrail Design staircase design depends on a number of factors including its style, materials used, space available, and overall style of your house. There are several different designs available for staircases including modern, classic, rustic and artistic that go very well in the interior as well as the exterior of the building.

Staircase Design Forms:

The staircase designs can be classified into following four types:

    • Linear or Single Stage
    • Stairs with a ‘U’ shape
    • Stairs with an ‘L' shape
    • Oblique or circular shape

 Each of the types requires a different set of parameters, for example, in some cases a rest stop is mandatory; while in other forms like circular shape, the steps are continuous.

Standard Measurements:

    A standard measurement of a staircase step is approximately 29 cm in length (where the foot is placed) and 17 cm in height (counter). These measurements change according to the height of the ceiling of the house.


How to choose a Staircase Design?

    As mentioned in the introduction, the designs depend on several factors like style, space, dimension, and decoration. Apart from these, security and functionality are the two factors that need to be taken care of. Here are few tips that may help you in deciding the designs for your next project:

    1. A staircase design should at least 80 cm wide with an angle less than 42 degrees. 
    2. It is advisable to use the handrail when the steps are wider than one meter.
    3. For modern designs, both glass and metal are used as a material to give a light aesthetic appearance.
    4. Helical or cylindrical stairs can be used when there is little space available for variation.
    5. A cylindrical stair is not appropriate if there is a requirement to transfer large or huge objects from ground to top floor.
    6. If space is an issue in your building, the space under the staircases can be utilized. Also these days, steps itself can be used as drawers so as to create a good room for storing things. Take these staircase designs into consideration if your house style is modern.
    7. Dimension needs to be taken care of well. If the height considered for staircase is large then stair with breaks are recommended. It the height is small, consider using modern stairs without breaks.

Options for Handrail Designs:

    1. Illuminated Design: The handrails with a backlit LED lighting is a good idea to give a dynamic appearance to space. 

    2. Original Handrail Design: The originality of the handrail can be maintained by defining a particular shape for it. When the handrails go in one shape and material without any joints, the finish is homogeneous to create a powerful impact.

    3. Metal Handrail: Metals like steel, aluminum, copper, etc give a very modern appearance to the handrails. The metals can be customized to any shape and hence they are the best kind when the customers want a unique design. 

    4. Wooden Handrail: Wood is the best option when you want to give a classic type of handrail to your staircases.



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