Door At Bottom Of Stairs Building Regs. The doors to the bedrooms and. Please note where there are real difficulties in the height some building control officers will allow you to build a newel out from the wall to meet the regulations. 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.
An external window or door is a controlled fitting under the building regulations and as a result of this classification these regulations set out certain standards to be met when such a window or door is replaced. The building regulations stipulate that there must be 400mm from the door or swing of the door to the bottom of the stairs.
The landing distance in front of the top and bottom step must be at least the width of the staircase.
I have a small barn conversion over 3 floors. Please note where there are real difficulties in the height some building control officers will allow you to build a newel out from the wall to meet the regulations. In that case these two flights can have different rises compared to each other. Resi s building regulations package.
