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space for staircase to attic conversion

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  • 21-09-2008 10:18pm
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    fionaincork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭


    I'm looking at buying a house at the moment. One of the candidates would need an attic conversoin but the upstairs landing loooks a bit tight. Is there a limit to how big the landing needs to be before you can put in a stairs?
    Any recommendatoins / tips / do;s donts appreciated
    thanks
    Fiona


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    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,992 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    if you're short on space you could use a spiral staircase, or alternate-tread stairs, both of which take up less space. Otherwise you're looking at moving walls and taking space from one of the bedrooms.


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    baldieman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭baldieman


    There are building regs. to day that govern the heights and size of stairs. while you may fit them in, if they don't satisfy these regs. it may cause problems selling on the property later. My advise would be to find someone who understands this to measure the space available, then draw the stairs to see what will fit.


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    Calluna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 102 ✭✭Calluna


    My feeling on building regs is while they may pose a problem when reselling - they are also there for a reason - safety, etc, so it's always best to try to adhere to them. Get a local stairmaker to have a look at the space for you - they are generally best at knowing what will/won't fit in a space. hth


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    harly1516
    Closed Accounts Posts: 143 ✭✭harly1516


    First you dont get planing for an attic it is nearly always classed as a storage room so all you need is to have it certified that it is compliant and once the work in done buy someone knows what there doing theres no problem.
    Next is the stairs, as its only a storage room even a pull down stairs will get certified as all your engineer is doing is certifying that you have build it safe and not in breach of any planning laws, thats in laymans terms
    and if you need space a spiral staircase takes up twice the space ? take a center point pick the width you want the stairs ans like with a compas draw a circle thats how much you lose, hope that helps


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