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PROF.AR.TILOTTAMA PADALE
 DEFINATION
•A staircase or stairway is one or
more flights of stairs leading from
one floor to another.
A stair, or a stair step, is one step in
a flight of stairs. ... A staircase or
stairway is one or more flights of
stairs leading from one floor to
another, and includes landings,
newel posts, handrails, balustrades
and additional parts.
 TECHNICAL TERMS
• TREAD • PITCH
• RISER • RISE
• BALUSTER
• RISER
• BALUSTRADE OR BARRISTER
• FLIGHT
• RUN
• GOING • SCOTIA
• HANDRAIL • SOFFIT
• HEADROOM • STEP
• LANDING • STRING
• STRINGER
• WEST
• NEWEL POST
• NOSING
• WALKING LINE
STEP:
IT IS A COMBINATION OF TREAD AND RISER WHICH PERMITS
ASCEND AND DECEND FROM ONE FLOOR TO ANOTHER

“staircase of steps”
 TYPES OF STEPS
1. BULLNOSE STEP: 2. COMMODE STEP:
This is generally provided at THIS STEP HAS A CURVED
the bottom of the step. it RISER AND TREAD.
projects in front of the
newel post and its end
forms a circular quadrant in
plane.
3. ROUND ENDED STEP: 4. SPLAYED STEP:
THE STEP IS SIMILAR TO THIS STEP HAS ONE END
BULLNOSE STEP EXCEPT THAT OR BOTH ENDS SPLAYED
ITS END OR ENDS ARE IN PLANS.
SEMICIRCULAR IN PLAN.
5.WINDER:
IT IS A TAPERING STEP AND USED TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION
OF THE FLIGHT.
 RISER:
TREAD:
the horizontal upper portion of The vertical or front member
the step is called tread. of the step which is connected
to the tread is called as riser.
NOSING:
•The projected part of tread GOING:
beyond the face of riser. the going is the horizontal
•The main purpose of a nosing is distance between the faces of
to improve the safety of the two consecutive risers.
staircase. As it protrudes a little
over the edge of the tread, it
provides some extra space for
users to place their feet. Not only
does this make walking up and
down the stairs more
comfortable, it can help to reduce
the occurrence of accidents from
slips
 SCOTIA:
PITCH: This is an additional finish or molding
The angel of inclination of stair provided to the nosing or tread.
with the floor is known as pitch.
The pitch line is the imaginary
line along the tip of the nosing
of the treads.

RUN:
SOFFIT:
The total length of the stair in
The under surface of
a horizontal plane is known
the stair is called soffit.
as run.
Generally covered with ceiling or
finished with plaster.
 BALUSTRADE OR BARRISTER:
BALUSTER: •The balustrade is the railing
•a baluster is the support and baluster that prevents you
system of any staircase. from falling over the edge.
•balusters hold up the handrail. • It's also the collective name
•They can be made of a for the complete assembly of
multitude of materials, such as handrails, including spindles
wood, glass, stainless steel, or and newel posts.
wrought iron.
FLIGHT: HANDRAIL:
•A handrail is a rail that is
An uninterrupted series of
designed to be grasped by the
steps. This can mean the set of
hand so as to provide stability or
stairs between floors or those support.
between landings. •Handrails are commonly used
while ascending or descending
stairways and escalators in order
to prevent injurious falls.
•Handrails are typically supported
by balusters or attached to walls.
 NEWEL POST:
• A newel post is the
supporting post in a
staircase's railing.
• It is the vertical member
which is placed at the ends
of flights to connect the end
of strings and handrails.
• In a standard, non-spiral
railing, there are multiple
newel posts: at the top and
bottom of the railing, and at
each landing on the
staircase.
• In a spiral staircase, it is the
central post the staircase
winds itself around.
HEADROOM:
•Headroom is the space that
lies between the head and sill
of a ceiling and floor, allowing
passage of a person standing
upright.
•Headroom is also the height
above the nosing of a tread to
the ceiling above it.
•it should be of sufficient value
so as not to cause any
difficulty to the person using
the stair.
LANDING:
A landing is the area of a floor
near the top or bottom step of
a stair.
It is a small platform that is
built as part of the stair
between main floor levels and
is typically used to allow stairs
to change directions, or to
allow the user a rest.
 WALKING LINE:
STRING: •it is the approximate line on the
A stair string, stringer, or stringer stair adopted by the people during
board, is the panel on either side of a the use of the stair.
flight of stairs to which the treads •it is situated at a distance of about
and risers are fixed. 450mm from the center of handrail.

WAIST:
The thickness of the waist-slab on which steps are
made is known as waist .THE DEPTH OF THE WAIST
IS the minimum thickness perpendicular to the
soffit of the staircase. The steps of the staircase
resting on waist-slab can be made of bricks or
concrete.