necessary staircase

2016-02-08 23:59:23

I would like to add the following to your posts:

We did not sign the contract with the staircase builder; rather, a company commissioned by the developer on his behalf did.

The scope of services was drafted as a functional specification.
It states:
Deliver the staircase and install it professionally according to technical standards, especially for the creation of load-bearing, structurally sound, safely walkable floors/escape routes.
Single-flight, half-turned, freestanding mortised wooden stringer staircase according to drawing 15 steps, approx. 18.67 / 26 cm, stair width approx. 97 cm, install the wooden stringer staircase between 2 walls, further specifications will follow.
Unfortunately, we did not receive a drawing of the staircase, only the floor plans of the levels.

According to our understanding, this is clearly a necessary staircase, as only this one is approved by the NRW State Building Code as an escape route.

But this surely refers to the staircase between the ground and upper floor, not the one to the attic.
What kind of house did you order? A house with an upper floor and attic as usable space?

2016-02-09 06:58:25

The construction description concerns the wooden staircase between the upper floor and the attic (not the ground floor and the upper floor).

This is the architect's plan for the attic:

2016-02-09 09:02:05

How many square meters in total lie within the 2.00 m line, apart from the fact that the staircase is not under the ridge?

Rhenish greetings

2016-02-09 10:21:47

According to the architect's drawing, this is a total of 21.73 sqm

2016-02-14 10:31:27

and what do we do now with the info?

2016-02-15 10:45:47

Good day,

and what do we do now with the info?

Talk to your contractor?

This thread hasn’t left me alone (I like to learn), so I asked one of our architects about it last week. Based on what I could describe to him, he assumes that no living rooms are allowed in the attic. Supporting this – in addition to Will’s explanations (post #10) – are the position of the staircase and the lack of lighting/escape route via window. In this respect, I can understand the execution of the staircase by the carpenter.

Whether this matches your expectations, whether the awarding department (usually the BL) or even the contractor made a mistake, you cannot clarify this in this forum. For that, you need the expert opinion of a lawyer, to whom you must present your entire contract including all appendices.

Rhenish regards

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