The thought of cutting through your floor might seem scary but installing any new staircase whether rigid stairs from one floor to another or pull down stairs leading to an attic requires an opening in the floor.
Floor opening for staircase.
Thickness of floor structure floor finish material plus joist plus plywood plus ceiling finish required headroom.
The length of the stair opening is represented by the following equation.
If you re installing a stair through a hole in the floor making sure you have the right size opening for your new spiral stair is key.
The example stair opening needs to be 109 67 inches.
Opening 10 84 x 140 120.
Progressively simplifying the equation gives 94 x 140 120 then 13 160 120 and finally 109 67.
If this is the case you will need to know the size of your well opening or the opening for your round staircase.
On any floor of the plan other than the top floor select build stairs draw stairs from the menu then click and drag a length of stairs in floor plan view.
The one i absolutely knew i wanted to do was open up the main interior staircase.
Running measurements vertically lower floor to top of each tread possible landing heights blue middle to calculate and display upper floor opening and stair head room enter upper floor thickness check the show head room check box and drag the head slider to calculate and animate diagram head room and floor opening.
Carpet flooring comes in a bunch of patterns and colors and it s woven of materials like wool nylon polyester or wool blend.
Click on the staircase to select it and click the open object edit button.
Feb 17 2019 explore nina ortiz s board open staircase followed by 128 people on pinterest.
Some of our customers take our diy spiral staircase lines and choose to install their spiral stair through a hole in the floor that leads to the upper floor.
The length of the opening in the upper floor.
Its length depends on how much headroom you need.
This open floor plan concept was much easier to diy than we originally imagined.
If your project includes a hole in the floor likely a round hole for the round stairs that calls for a spiral stair you will want to pay close attention to our well opening size dimensions.
On the general panel of the staircase specification dialog.
Nosing the amount the stair tread projects passed the vertical riser below if there is any the results.
As a homeowner if you don t wish to carpet the entire staircase because of budget you can also install a carpet runner which not only adds adhesive friction but can be color coordinated with the material underneath it as well as other areas of the house.
When we first moved into our house i had lots of possible projects swirling through my head.