Modular stairs: features and types of ready-made structures

Ready-made constructions in the service of originality and design

The trend in the development of modern building technologies is such that it seeks to free its consumers as much as possible from unnecessary troubles and time-consuming operations. An excellent example of this approach is plastic insulating glass units, which are installed everywhere. Another, no less common, is the use of modular furniture.

If you are looking for a good example of a combination of modularity and high-style design, then spiral modular staircases are perfect for demonstrating movement into the future.

Full range of offers

Technologies for the production of modular stairs are capable of providing a full range of possible design solutions for stairs:

• On kosoura. This is the most common type of prefabricated staircase and has been greatly enhanced by the modular approach. If we talk about such a kind of kosour as a bowstring, then the modules practically dominate here.

• On the bolts. A feature of this type is the originality of the design, which is perfectly consistent with the principles of modularity, given the great competition among developers.

• On the casing. It can be called in another way - spiral and spiral staircases are just the patrimony of modular staircases.

• Folding and retractable. A similar type was already originally intended to be created from ready-made structures, including, in a simple way, ready-made stairs.

• Combined stairs. Such ones combine various fastening technologies, on kosoura and bolts, screw and on kosoura - modularity actively invades here.

Benefits and pricing policy

The widespread use of modular staircase designs is determined by a number of their positive characteristics.

Advantages

Among these characteristics are the following:

• The flexibility of the resulting design solutions and the ability to quickly change them in the course of work in the event of unforeseen circumstances - this feature has long attracted modularity.

• The possibility of planning any geometry of descent and to any height - when it comes to stairs, this opportunity must be used very prudently, nevertheless, it is very attractive.

• A huge number of design solutions from the same manufacturers and the same model, be it the Ladder modular ladder or the Unica modular ladder.

• The ability to assemble a ladder on your own is not always 100% true, it all depends on the complexity of the chosen design, but still, having the appropriate tool, installation scheme and an assistant, assembling with your own hands is not an unattainable thing.

• A significant reduction in costs, both financial and time, for obtaining a turnkey staircase is, again, one of the advantages of any modular technology.

Price policy

Pricing policy and the exact answer to the question of how much a modular staircase costs, makes us turn to four components of such an important characteristic as “price”:

• The first term is the actual cost of the structure.
• The second term is the delivery of the entire structure to the place of its installation.Be sure to entrust the delivery to the supplier, only in this way you can guarantee that all the parts are at your disposal in full, and there may be more than one hundred parts.

Helpful advice! Considering the large selection of modular internal stairs of various types and design solutions on the market, we advise you, before deciding on the choice of one or another, to carefully read the prices - their range from different suppliers can sometimes be simply shocking. A good rule of thumb is not just the purchase and installation of furniture, but also the conclusion of a contract for the implementation of all turnkey works, in which all the nuances of the installation must be discussed, from delivery to future maintenance.

• The third term of the price is - mounting... In the practice of creating such structures, a rule has developed that the cost of installation is equal to the cost of the purchased ladder. Thus, if we take as a basis the price of the stairs "on the counter", and this is in the range of 30-40 thousand rubles, then the same amount will have to be allocated for installation. And then it will work if there is a desire to save money, or your ability to negotiate or your ability to do everything yourself.

• The fourth indispensable component is the cost of maintaining the created structure. You can reduce this term to zero by doing it yourself, but in no case should you neglect it altogether.

Helpful advice! A modular staircase is an engineering structure thought out to the smallest detail with a large number of threaded connections. And for this kind of connections, the best test is time. Over time, the entire thread relaxes, especially when it is under constant and chaotic influence, as is the case with stairs. Therefore, it is fundamentally important to periodically maintain the connections, monitor the condition of the stairs.

If the design is complex, we advise you to entrust this periodic inspection to a professional. You may decide that you yourself are disciplined enough, have the right tool and know how to handle it. Then remember one simple thing - it is not enough to tighten a nut or bolt, this must be done with a strictly defined tightening torque, which differ for different types of bolts, their purpose and location. Be sure to check the tightening torques for all threaded connections on your ladder. Get yourself special professional wrenches that allow you to control the tightening torque.

Features and types

Depending on the type of modular staircase, it may have some features determined precisely by the modular nature of the structure.

Peculiarities

Among the features are the following:

• If a modular staircase is performed on a stringer, then the most popular option is a staircase on a ridge stringer, when it is based on one central steel stringer. Its feature is several prefabricated elements, combined into a module and assembled sequentially, step by step.

• As a rule, the kosour of a modular staircase consists of three types of modules - lower, upper and intermediate (middle). The lower one is attached to the floor below, the upper one to the end of the balustrade, and from the middle, in fact, the entire stringer is assembled.

• Modular stringers, as a rule, have a swivel connection that allows you to direct the staircase in any direction and fit it into any interior space.

• A very important feature of the modules is the ability to change the height of each step. It is necessary to treat this possibility very carefully, it is still recommended to make the height of all steps the same, but sometimes it is useful for the lower ones to reduce it, coordinating with the ascent rate.

• There is also a limiting feature - most ladders from modules have a smaller distance between steps - 225-250 mm, smaller tread width - 250-270 mm and a higher step rise than with individually made ladders.

• As a rule, any modular staircase is not complete without intermediate supports in the form of uprights on the floor or brackets on the wall. In principle, it is possible to opt out of these additional fixing tools, but this is strongly discouraged.

Types

The most common types of modular stairs are as follows:

• Modular stringer with fixing screws. The basis of this type of ladder is a long pipe with a large cross-section with holes for screws and a pipe with variable cross-section, which is inserted into the short pipe of the next module. The step assembly is being mounted on a long pipe. The assembly is always done from the lower module. Once assembled and height adjusted, the ladder can be stretched to the required length.

• Kosour with clamping modules. There are already two separate parts - again a long pipe for attaching the step and two short pipes with a larger diameter for attaching the modules.

• The design of the modular staircase with heels. This type does not have welded joints - all joints are provided with threaded rods. The design is more complicated than the previous ones in installation, but it does not have visible threaded connections, they are all "hidden" inside the stringer.

• Construction of a wooden modular staircase. Despite the apparent high quality, it is very important to purchase wooden stairs from well-known manufacturers who provide high-quality wood processing, otherwise squeak and deformation cannot be avoided over time. Although the assembly of this structure is one of the simplest - the upper and lower planes are overlapped and pulled together with studs.

conclusions

If you decide to definitely build an original staircase at home, and thus give the interior a new quality of impressions, then pay attention to these modular staircases to the second floor. They will do what is located above, much closer in time and to their liking.

You yourself will not notice how you will find an extra reason to go upstairs, without even thinking why, just to walk up the stairs. Treat only its choice very carefully and you will not regret the effort spent.

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