| The maximum total
stairway rise between floors is 12 feet.
What If You Have a 14 Foot Total Stair Rise? Any stair rise or distance
between the lower level and the upper level that exceeds 12 feet, must
have a landing.
Attention: Don't forget to check with your local
building department to verify any building codes on this website. This
information could be incorrect or outdated. Building codes are updated
regularly and to some building departments have different
interpretations for certain building codes.
Now here's a building code rule that makes good sense. The reason for
this building code is to prevent people from falling extremely long
distances down a stairway, without a place to stop and to give people a
flat resting point, if needed.
 Sometimes
it's hard to figure out why there are certain building codes, but for
the most part, these building codes make sense and experienced its
construction professionals should be able to make sense out of them.
The maximum vertical distance between stair landings
and floors can't be more than 12 feet and it wouldn't be a bad idea to
place the stair landing in the middle of a long stairway. This would
provide people who have difficulties walking up and down stairs with a
resting place. |
