STAIR CASE

PLANNING ASPECTS
i.

Longer spans of the flights may be avoided as far as possible.

ii.

Stair flights shall preferably be supported on beams or walls.

iii.

Supporting the flight on landing slab should be avoided as far as

possible especially when the span of landing slab exceeds twice the
width of stair, because this causes stress concentration in the
supporting landing slab at their junctions.

iv.

Wherever possible, landing beams may be provided at the end of

flight to reduce the span.

v.

If the span of stair flight is greater than 4.50m, the flight may be
supported on a central stringer beam spanning across the flight and
the steps of the stair flight may be cantilever out from the stringer
beam on both sides.

PRACTICAL ASPECTS
1.

Minimum width of stairs

a
b
c
d
e
f

2.

Residential buildings (dwellings) row house with 2 stairs

Residential hotel buildings
Assembly buildings like Auditorium, Theatres and

1.0 m
0.75 m
1.50 m

Cinemas
Educational buildings up to 24 M in height
Institutional buildings up to 10 beds
More than 10 beds
All other buildings

1.50 m
2.0 m
2.0 m
1.50 m

Tread (T) and Riser (R)

1

Public Building

Rise (mm)
150

Tread (mm)
300

2
3

Residential Building
Semi Public

150 190
165

200 250
275

General optimum dimension

T + 2R
T+R
TxR
Adopt standard size

=
600 mm (< 550 > 700)
=
400 to 450
=
4000 to 4500 mm
of tread and rise as 300 mm and 140 mm respectively

and for each 25 mm deducted from tread add 12 to 13 mm to the rise.

3.

A flight should not be less than 3 steps and not contain more than 12
steps, maximum number of risers shall be limited to 15 per flight.
In all cases stairs should have their rise and treads equal for every step in
each flight and preferably the same in all the flights of the buildings.

4.

Width of landings in between flight is generally kept as equal to width of

staircase.

5.

Pitch:

Pitch or slope not less than 25 and not more than 38

6.

Minimum head room in a passage under landing shall be 2.20 M.

The

minimum clear head room in any staircase shall be 2.20 M.

7.

Parapet or balustrade:
Hand rails should be provided with a minimum height of 1.0 M and should
be firmly supported.

8.

Loading on stairs :
Dead Load
i

Weight due to steps

ii.

Weight of finish etc.

Live Load
i

Live load on stairs, corridors, passages in residential

buildings,

public

places

providing

residential

accommodation (viz., Hotels, Hospitals, Residential Clubs,

etc) where there is not possibility of overcrowding may be

3.0 KN / m2

ii

taken as
In case

of

other

public

buildings

(viz.

Institutional

4.0 KN / m2

buildings, Assembly buildings, Office buildings, Mercantile

buildings and Industrial buildings) which are liable to be
overcrowded the live load may be taken as

Span

Slab

in m

thickne
ss in
mm

RCC STAIRCASE WAIST SLAB

M20 CONCRETE Fe415 STEEL
Class 300
Class 500
Mu

Loading
in
Main

KNm

reinforceme

2.40

115

nt
8# 200 C/c

2.70

115

10# 150 C/c

Mu

Loading
in
Main

KNm

Distributors
Diaspacing

reinforceme
nt
8# 150 C/c
10# 125

8 # 250C/C
8 # 250C/C

C/c

10# 125
3.00

125

10# 150 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
10# 125

3.50

125

10# 130 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 150

4.00

135

10# 125 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 150

4.50

150

12# 180 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 150

5.00

175

12# 180 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 125

5.50

175

12# 150 C/c

6.00

200

12# 125C/c

6.50

200

12# 100 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 100C/c
12# 100

8 # 230C/C
8 # 230C/C

C/c
12# 100
7.00

200

12# 100 C/c

8 # 200C/C
C/c

Note: 1. Tread =250mm Rise=175mm

Span

Slab

in m

thickne
ss in

M20 CONCRETE
Class 300
Mu

Loading
in
Main

Fe500 STEEL
Class 500
Mu

Loading
in
Main

Distributors
Diaspacing

mm

KNm

reinforceme

2.40

115

nt
8# 200 C/c

2.70

115

10# 250 C/c

KNm

reinforceme
nt
8# 150 C/c
10# 200

8 # 250C/C
8 # 250C/C

C/c
10# 150
3.00

125

10# 180 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
10# 150

3.50

125

10# 180 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 125

4.00

135

10# 180 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 150

4.50

150

12# 200 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 125

5.00

175

12# 200 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 125

5.50

175

12# 150 C/c

6.00

200

12# 150C/c

6.50

200

12# 125 C/c

8 # 250C/C
C/c
12# 125C/c
12# 100

8 # 230C/C
8 # 230C/C

C/c
12# 100
7.00

230

12# 150 C/c

8 # 200C/C
C/c

Note: 1. Tread =250mm Rise=175mm