 | Percy Gaillemard L. Smith - 1876 - 260 pages
...with a tread of 12 inches riser would be 5J inches ; with a riser of 6 inches the tread would be 11 inches. The rule adopted in France, where they have...height — that can be afforded for the staircase. The tread of a step should, however, never be less than 9 inches in width, even for the commonest stair... | |
 | Sir Shirley Forster Murphy, Robert Brudenell Carter - Architecture, Domestic - 1883 - 984 pages
...to the subject, is as follows: — "Inasmuch as, on the average, human beings move horizontally two feet in a stride, and as the labour of rising vertically...to twice the height of the rise should be equal to two feet" * It should be noted that the dimensions of stairs are always calculated as if the steps... | |
 | Ezra Mundy Hunt - Hygiene - 1886 - 396 pages
...follows : " As, on the average, human beings move horizontally 2 feet in a stride, and as the labor of rising vertically is twice that of moving horizontally,...the height of the rise should be equal to 2 feet. Thus, if the rise be 6 inches, the tread should be 12 inches. For children, the width of the tread... | |
 | Building - 1891 - 324 pages
...with a tread of 12 inches riser would be 5J inches ; with a riser of 6 inches the tread would be 11 inches. The rule adopted in France, where they have...height — that can be afforded for the staircase. The tread of a step should, however, never be less than 9 inches in width, even for the commonest stair... | |
 | Henry Fidler - Construction industry - 1891 - 322 pages
...with a tread of 12 inches riser would be 5J inches ; with a riser of 6 inches the tread would be 11 inches. The rule adopted in France, where they have...practice be fixed by rule, but is regulated by the space—as regards both plan and height—that can be afforded foi the staircase. The tread of a step... | |
 | Paul Nooncree Hasluck - Building - 1906 - 168 pages
...to the subject, is as follows :— " Inasmuch as on the average human beings move horizontally 2 ft. in a stride, and as the labour of rising vertically...width of the tread, added to twice the height of the riser, should be equal to 2 ft." The tread of a step should, however, never be less than 9 in., even... | |
 | 1897 - 824 pages
...been given to this subject, is as follows: — "As on the average human beings move horizontally two feet in a stride, and as the labour of rising vertically...width of the tread added to twice the height of the riser should be equal to '3ft." In all houses where it is possible a second staircase should be provided... | |
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The proportion that the tread and riser bear to one another cannot always in practice be fixed by rule, but is regulated by the space — as regards both plan and height — that can be afforded for the staircase. The tread of a step should, however,... 