Thread: Calculating the "going" on a flight of stairs

(number of risers -1) x going of one tread (which may be width of one tread)

Cheers
Michael

But I don't know what the going of one tread is, that is what I am trying to figure out.

Sorry, I just realised that my initial question was worded wrong. I need to know what the going will be for each tread.

Thanks

nessb,
You always have on less tread than risers.
So you have 4 treads.
Depends what width of tread you have.
If you have a 280 width lump of timber for your tread, deduct say 30 for the nosing, that leaves the tread width as 250.
If it's 250, then it's 4 x 250 = 1000

Have a look at http://www.builderbill-diy-help.com/stairs.html

if you have the time.

Regards
Bill

Try this calculator to get an idea of different rise / run combinations.
http://www.blocklayer.com/stairs
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2R + G > 550
2R + G < 700

From memory those are the two caluclations from the BCA.
Dont go less than 250mm for your going 270 or 280 would be more comfortable. Put a ruler down and check the size of your foot.

Size will also be determined by available timber sizes.

Originally Posted by Blocklayer

Try this calculator to get an idea of different rise / run combinations.
http://www.blocklayer.com/stairs
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I was going to search for a link to your site Blocklayer but I couldn't remember your user name ..... just the Shark Perhaps there should be a search by avatar function.

Good link Bill ....

Here is the information from the BCA that I was mentioning above:

<TABLE style=" 529px; 32px; TEXT-ALIGN: left" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=1 border=1><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; 17 TEXT-ALIGN: center">RISER (R)</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; 17 TEXT-ALIGN: center">GOING (G)</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; 169px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">SLOPE = 2R+G</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE style=" 53 5 TEXT-ALIGN: left" cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 border=1><TBODY><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">MAXIMUM</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">MINIMUM</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">MAXIMUM</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">MINIMUM</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">MAXIMUM</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">MINIMUM</TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">190</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">115</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">355</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">240</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">700</TD><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; TEXT-ALIGN: center">550</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Thanks so much for all your replies

Hey Stinkalot,
Why did't I think of that?
Regards
Bill