FBC: Stairs

Below are the functions of a stair, except.

• To provide a degree of sound

  insulation

• To stabilized connection to the wall and slab structure

• To provide a suitable means of

  escape in event of fire

• To allow vertical movement

  safely from one level to another

Choose the correct terminology;

'The space in which the stairs and landings are

housed.'

• Flight

• Landing

• Stairwell

• Going

Choose the correct terminology;

'Protecting member usually parallel to the string and spanning between newel post.

It can be either fixed to a wall or supported on a balustrade.

• Flight

• String

• Handrail

• Baluster

Choose the correct terminology;

'The vertical height between two consecutive treads'.

• Tread
• Step
• Riser
• Landing

Choose the correct terminology;

'The horizontal surface of a step on which the foot is placed'.

• landing
• riser
• banister
• tread

Choose the correct terminology;

'Platform between two flights where the level space

breaks up the vertical incline of a flight of stairs'.

• Staircase
• Landing
• Balustrade
• Railing

Below are the disadvantages of tapered steps, except.

• Hazard to the aged and very young because of the very small tread length at or near the newel post.

• Difficult to carpet, requiring many folds or wasteful cutting.

• Difficult to connect with main wall structure due to a rapid rise on the turn.

• Difficult and expensive to construct.

Which stairs suitable to be used as a feature

for grand means of access in large buildings.

• Spiral stair

• Elliptical stair

UBBL 1984; By-law 106: Dimensions of staircases; stated that the dimensions of the rise

and the tread in any staircase shall be uniform and consistent throughout, where the rise shall be

not more than ___mm

UBBL 1984; By-law 106: Dimensions of staircases; stated that the dimensions of the rise

and the tread in any staircase shall be uniform and consistent throughout, where the tread shall be not

less than ___mm