The space between any door opening and the staircase should be at least 400mm.
Door at bottom of stairs uk.
The diagrams below illustrate this.
I was thinking about getting some new door handles with built in.
I am trying to find out if it is alright to have a door next to the bottom step on a flight of stairs.
9 open riser stairs.
As an example if you want to build a regulation staircase all risers will have to come at the same size.
If it s that bad put the door at the bottom of the stairs instead.
At the bottom of our stairs are two doors which are nearly always open and you have to go through one of them to get upstairs.
An interior door at the top of a flight of stairs need not have a landing at the top of the stairs provided the door swings away from the stairs.
At the bottom of the stairs a door is allowed to open over the landing providing there is a further clear distance of 400mm as shown in diagram 1 24 in approved document k.
The building regulations stipulate that a 100mm sphere should not be able to fit through the staircase at any point.
Stair landings are required at top and bottom with exceptions at top of interior stairs or in garage if door swings in away from the stairs.
Landing at the top and bottom of every staircase should be level and flat although those at ground level can have a gradient as long as it doesn t exceed 1 20.
Stair platform or landing specifications defects.
Door to bottom of stairs.
It is for a loft conversion and i want some way to close off the upstairs when it is not in use.
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Generally speaking a landing equal to the width of the stairs is required at the top of the stairs if the door opens outwards away from the stairs.
The only exception is when you build a staircase where a landing separates two sets of flights.
I have had a look in part k but it dosnt seem to mention it.
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But note that the landing requirement is the same for the top and bottom so the door has to be 1 step width away from the bottom step and open outwards or inwards no closer than 400mm.
Resi s building regulations package.
Uk building regulations stairs are no joke.