I'm planning an extension and as part of that I'm looking to relocate the front door and create an entrance hallway. I want to create a hall about 1.7m wide with the front door to the left and stairs on the right as you enter. Now can I start the stairs butted up to the front house/extension wall but with a quarter turn at the bottom to save space ? I do don't understand if I can have the front door swing open in front of the stairs landing in this way or not?
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No; there should normally be an unobstructed clearance of 400mm between a door and the bottom rise. However, if it's a quarter landing at the bottom,
you might get some flexibility from the building inspector.
The essential point is that stairs should be safe in use, and many older houses (mine among them) have front doors opening across the bottom of the flight.
you might get some flexibility from the building inspector.
The essential point is that stairs should be safe in use, and many older houses (mine among them) have front doors opening across the bottom of the flight.
So I would need to start the stairs 400mm further forward or widen the hall by 400 to accommodate the quarter landing. On the regs page it shows a door directly in front of the stairs and not to the side as I planned. I assume it's 400mm gap between the swing of the door and bottom step so in my case I'd need to widen hall?
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The sketch on the left shows a quarter landing, ie it is one step up from the hall floor.
Probably the best way to describe it is that when the door swings open or closed, no part of the edge of the door should be nearer than 400 to the bottom step.
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