Hanging house in the Southwest Palatinate - Our House Construction 2.0

How thick would a masonry parapet have to be? I would take another close look at that because of the hallway width. Wooden railings certainly don’t take up as many centimeters.

The builder also advises against masonry because of the loss of light. At the front (where the stairs start) opposite the front door, we have a huge panoramic window that lets a lot of light into the house. The rest of the hallway toward the bedrooms is rather dark, though. He said if we build the parapet 120 cm high there, it will feel much more cramped/darker than if we use glass elements. And he’s not saying that to sell it to us; the standard does include glass elements anyway, but with posts in between + handrail.

I believe if I link my staircase here again, it goes without saying what I am voting for... https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/lage-stadtvilla-oder-efh-auf-500-m2-grundstueck-rechteck.33505/post-559668

I would also vote for country house style. Falling through is not a problem with proper spacing, but dropping things is. Although children also like to simply throw things down the stairs ;)

Really nice!

Children usually cannot fall through wooden railings; there are standards for the width and height. No child's head fits through, at least not anymore in the crawling age. I have a little son myself, and from the beginning we taught him that he is only allowed to throw soft things down the stairs (e.g. stuffed animals, paper). He has always stuck to that because it was not a complete ban, after all, every child naturally likes to throw things down and watch how the things clatter, fall, roll, bounce... You learn something about physics that way, so he should go ahead and do it. :D Also, he always asks if someone is standing below before he throws something, so that no one gets anything on their head. That works great. :)

We had to put anti-slip strips on the beautiful steps now. Because the rest of my family kept slipping and nearly falling down the stairs. From mother to poodle. Only me and the cat didn’t. Luckily, the house owner found white strips that are hardly visible.

We had to stick anti-slip strips on the nice steps now.

What kind do you have there? And does it work? Are they only at the front or bigger? At my parents-in-law's on the wooden stairs I’ve almost fallen several times (still managed to hold on, but my feet ended up 1-2 steps lower than "planned"), I’m just not a slipper person... but I’m now also considering what we will do there. My parents have a stone staircase, which is not so slippery, and they had a wooden staircase with those carpet things. I don’t find them so nice, but better than breaking something... I had also read about adhesive strips or special coatings, but how do you manage with them?