Door at bottom of staircase

[Jdwood38]

Good morning experts,

Just trying to establish whether a door is allowed directly at the bottom of a staircase, with the door being to the staircase itself. All regulation guidance I can find appears to be based upon swing areas into the bottom of the stairs rather than outwards from the bottom of the staircase. Short version, is the attached photo allowed in regulations, without any sort of 'landing' at the bottom? The staircase leads to a first floor room above a garage.

Thanks in advance.

 

[conny]

Don't see why not. The house we rent has a door at the bottom which swings into the breakfast room. Didn't like the style of the one fitted so the LL allowed us to change it to a different style. Been up for 8 years now.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

No that would not be acceptable under current Building Regs or even for the last 30 years or thereabouts. The landing at the bottom of the stair should be as long as it is wide and clear of any door swing. In fact it's downright dangerous for anyone falling down the stairs, god forbid any of that glass isn't toughened at least. Lady at work's brother died after falling through such a glazed door about 3 years ago, he didn't die from the fall but a cut to his neck from broken glass. I daresay there are other examples.

Jeez and with timber treads and only one handrail too!

 

[Jdwood38]

Thanks for the responses and I thought that would be the case - I should just make clear this was a 'can someone point me to the regs' rather than a 'how can I get round the regs' post! I can now see the requirement for the depth of the landing to be at least as long as the width of the staircase, so will work with having a door at the top.

Not my photo either I should add, just stock!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

https://assets.publishing.service.g...ment_data/file/996860/Approved_Document_K.pdf page 10 1.20 & 1.21

 

[Jdwood38]

https://assets.publishing.service.g...ment_data/file/996860/Approved_Document_K.pdf page 10 1.20 & 1.21

Really helpful, thank you. We've now been able to tweak the design so that we can have a compliant door, with landing at the top of the staircase.