Window above the head

A little more than a decade ago, a nice skylight built into the roof, it seemed the Russians sign of expensive cottages. But times change and with them, and planning decisions of private homes. Manufacturers of window systems, roofing materials and are insulated to convince us that the attic – it is practical, convenient and affordable.

Modern loft living in a private home for a long time not just hot in summer and winter promorozhennaya attic. Once at our lofts are dachevladeltsy, who preferred to settle in the first floor, sent to spend the night pripozdnivshihsya guests. Today the opposite is true: on the first floor of the house is usually a public area – living room, dining room and guest bedrooms, a landlady of ownership begins in the attic, it even knows Levitra Vancouver.

Construction regulations interpret the term "attic" as follows: "in the attic floor space, the facade of which is wholly or partly formed by the surface (s) or oblique sloping roof, with the line of intersection of the plane of the roof and facade should be at a height of 1.5 m from the floor attic floor. "

In the market of finished projects are a wide number of homes – for any consumer tastes and budgets. And usually, they are all with private areas in the attic. Projects with a "master" area under the roof is generally well thought out by architects and verified in accordance with the recommendations developed by the manufacturers of skylights. However, any rule there are exceptions: failed inscribed stairs recess, the low of case, next to which not even put the couch. Points to remember when designing a loft?

Getting down the stairs

As the theater with a cloakroom and attic begins with stairs leading to it properly. Unfortunately, the one who is designing his home, and before that had to deal only with one-storey urban apartment, sometimes attached ladder issue of importance, postponing his decision until later, when correct mistakes is much harder. Alas, not only your mistakes: sometimes the projects are professional architects, in particular non-standard, sin inconvenient location of stairs. In the so-called ready-made projects blunders usually already been corrected, but not always. Are sometimes useless recess, hanging over his head and beam angles. Lack of dedicated space under the stairs to compensate too steep steps and is not always convenient twists. Design of stairs – a science. What you need to know? Firstly, the location and characteristics of the stairs must be carefully calculated directly on the design and development stage of floor plans. Indeed, even minor shifts make completely redraw amount. Be sure to ask the designers of the ladder in good faith to enter into the plan and draw in the context of the building (when it comes to democratic suburban house, this is often forgotten, leaving an opening for her 2 x 2 m). Strain the spatial imagination, mentally walk up the stairs, think for it is not too steep steps and no where is banging his head. Two common extremes ladder "consumes" too large area (for example, almost half of the hall) or the flag of saving space laid a narrow, steep and awkward turns. Particular attention should be paid to the exit point of the ladder in a low and a large attic with sloping walls – they usually rise when no one wants to stretch his head.

How to properly fit the staircase in the interior? Here the practice of house-building is not standing still. In the recent past the buildings, which are architectural and planning features are not far removed from typical urban houses with a strong articulation of the floors, stairs started in the hallway or in a separate room – as in the classical apartment building entrance. A more economical option for the country house – odnomarshevaya wooden staircase without risers and heavy hatch in the ceiling so that the heat from the furnace did not go to the attic. An even more simple – open outdoor staircase in a wooden box (locker). According to the met planning trends in recent years (namely, when to replace the cold "guest" came attics settles hosts private areas – bedrooms and nurseries) of construction, which allows to move from floor to floor, the staircase becomes a stylistic dominant, leading (along with a fireplace) subject of an interior room or two tiers of windows spacious hall. If the volume of permits, the ideal option – ladder straight, without bends, wide zabezhnymi steps below. But it is not, however, is an axiom.

The classic version – steep stairs 30-45 degrees with the correct ratio of the width of the tread (the supporting surface level) and its height. To the stairs did not have to climb, descend seed or backwards, this relationship is tied to the average length of a human step (approximately 630 mm).

You can use the default values, such as 300/150 mm, 290/170 mm. But they can not always be applied in practice. If the first or the last step does not correspond to the selected ratio, when climbing or descending more chance to get off and stumbling. The best thing – to take advantage of appearing in the XVII century by the so-called Blondel: 600 mm <width + twice the height of the tread risers <640 mm. Despite the fact that from the time when He created this French classicism apologist, humanity noticeably grown up, his formula is still used by all designers of stairs.

But the stairs – it's not just a device to move from floor to floor.

The task is to organize the site ladder between floors. Many people know the feeling of anxiety and discomfort arising from the second floor of a two-story house: sometimes it seems that someone at the bottom is, and it makes hard to listen to any rustling. Designers have long known this psychological phenomenon associated with the feeling of losing control over the entire house. Living room with a second light and the skylight above the staircase are the decision that provides both natural light (one of the rules of good ladder states that it should be highlighted), and ventilation, and the union of the spaces on two floors. A small hall in the attic also very desirable. If space allows, there may be organized by the family living room: home theater, children's playroom, gym or winter garden. Typically, the output of the stairs in this hall is made at the highest point, a ridge, where natural lighting is only possible through the roof windows – they make such a bright and cozy hall.

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