Loft style metal stairs

A spectacular staircase in the interior is an important element that can set the tone for the entire design, if you make it an accent. Alternatively, you can hide it indoors in order to free up space for other significant elements of the interior. But even in this case, the choice of the right staircase design is extremely important. Because the success of interior design as a whole directly depends on this.

Let's talk about the advantages and disadvantages of metal stairs

By their design, metal stairs can be absolutely anything, both simple spiral, made of steel, and original bronze. The following things can be attributed to their advantages:

• one hundred percent decoration of any interior; because It is possible to combine curved and straight screw flights;
• durability and strength;
• the ability to design stairs of any size and shape;
• ease of installation (installation of both prefabricated and solid structures is possible);
• relatively low cost;
• low repair costs

However, there are also disadvantages. In order to successfully and harmoniously fit the metal staircase into the interior, it is necessary to refine it and give it a more aesthetic appearance. This can be done using wood sheathing, which, by the way, will give it even greater strength and reliability, and manufacturing will not require large expenses.

As for the shape of the stairs, it can be helical, straight or rounded, depending on the features of the interior, because her style is completely dictated by the general style and other decor items, moreover, mainly by the design of balustrades. The disadvantages include:

• noise when walking;
• the periodic need to paint the stairs in order to avoid corrosion;
• in the presence of wooden steps, the appearance of a creak

Materials used for the manufacture of metal stairs

Typically, metal stairs are made of materials such as steel, iron, aluminum, cast iron or bronze. And the choice is made not so much for aesthetic reasons as on the basis of the need to use one or another coating, for example, patina, which is usually applied to all metal stairs.

The materials used for kosour are steel, reinforced concrete and wood. For steps, such as wood, glass, marble, composite materials, as well as natural or artificial stone, are usually used. As for fences, wood, brass, polycarbonate, forged metal, glass or drywall are usually used here.

Design possibilities for metal stairs

The design possibilities in this case are simply the broadest. That is why metal stairs are gaining more and more popularity today. And this is due to the fact that it is possible to quite easily change the shape of reinforcement, sheet and profile metal, as well as metal pipes - all this contributes to the implementation of a wide variety of design ideas, from traditional to intricate designs.

Stairs can be all-metal or combined with a metal frame.

A huge variety of types of fastening of various elements of the stairs using bolts or welding contributes to the creation of multivariate design structures. For example, for the interior in a modern style, two types are widespread: monolithic massive stairs with fences and vice versa, visually weightless models made of glass and chrome steel. And for lovers of minimalism, staircases are characteristic not only without fences at all, but even without a frame, which have direct steps to the wall.However, despite the spectacular design, this option from the point of view of security is categorically not suitable in a house where there are small children or elderly people, because no safety guards

How to choose the location of the metal stairs

A staircase, whatever it may be, wooden or metal, definitely takes up no less space in the house. It is believed that the most convenient staircase is one in which the width of the horizontal part of the step (the so-called tread) is at least 30 centimeters, and the height of the vertical (so-called riser) is not more than 17 centimeters. In other words, the angle of inclination of the flight of stairs should be between 30 and 40 degrees. There are also a number of rules that should be followed when choosing the location of the stairs in the house:

• the location of the stairs in the non-residential part of the room is desirable;
• compliance with the geometrical rule, namely, if the ceilings are three meters high and the staircase has a slope of 30 cm, then the length of the opening in this case should be 6 meters (the leg, which is opposite the angle of 30 degrees, should equal half the hypotenuse);
• free access to the stairs

Among other things, there are situations when it is impossible to enter the stairs in the right place, t. the opening size does not allow. In this case, if you increase the angle of inclination of the stairs, you can thus reduce the opening, and then the shape of the steps will then have to be changed into a “duck step”. Typically, such stairs are used if the angle of inclination is from 45 to 70 degrees.

I would also like to give advice on a spiral staircase, which should nevertheless be considered in the last turn due to the fact that it is extremely inconvenient in cases when you need to lift something, despite the fact that it practically does not take up space in the room.

It is better to place open stairs in places where massive structures are extremely undesirable for the purpose of not blocking the space, while built-in stairs are located where the plans include the use of free space under the stairs (there are a lot of options for this).