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Steel stairs are with out a doubt the strongest stairs with their greatest asset being that they take a while to burn or melt in a fire. If there is a fire these stairs will hold up the best. Steel will out last any other material if maintained properly over time

Steel stairs are common in large Building built the steel. These buildings would make up your large skyscrapers and multi-level building. The large benefit of steel over wood would be if there was a fire in the Building. The steel stairs usually have cement treads attached to them or they steel tread with cement board in a steel box making a step to walk on. The combination of the steel and concrete make for a very effective set of stairs in a fire.

 
Steel stairs also have great benefits for structural strength in different forms of fabrication. Steel stairs can be made longer and stronger than with stairs therefore the distance between the two floors can be farther apart. The benefits to this course would be the amount of electrical, heating and plumbing you need to run in the ceilings.

 

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