Alternating Tread Stairs

 by tioshrek
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This is a great option for people who dont have too much space in their offices or house for a regular long stair... you can save at least the half of the space without the problems of having smaller steps... its a little bit dificult to make the math, but is an excellent result, and you can make it as elegant as you can do it.
Let's get it on!
 
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Step 1: Our problem.

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We have an office in an old building in Monterrey, Mexico, and we pay a rent of only $150 US at month, so is very cheap, but is not a big space... maybe 8m x 4m with two gigant windows in the front in one of the 8m sides, and the door is on the 4m side... so is a very small space but is very good ventilated and we are right in the downtown. So our first step was build a second floor with 3/4" plywood and a lot of wood beams and steel columns... so we need a strong stair but we can't use a lot of space. And my partner remember a desing that he saw back in his school days and in a lot of european magazzines: a Right foot stair.
tilmen says: Jul 13, 2011. 8:33 AM
Can't it be dangerous? especially when sleepy?
tioshrek (author) in reply to tilmenJul 18, 2011. 3:50 PM
I guess maybe... but you get use to really fast...
we use it all the time... and even kids use it...
tilmen in reply to tioshrekJul 18, 2011. 5:13 PM
I must say that it's an example of good designing.
humberto ribas says: May 15, 2011. 6:56 AM
This was made by the Brazilian inventor Santos Dumont, in the early 1900s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ai2v2xzDgc&NR=1
tioshrek (author) in reply to humberto ribasMay 19, 2011. 10:58 AM
Frikin amazing!!!
we saw this in old european magz but they didnt say anything about the inventor...
Thanks!!
humberto ribas in reply to tioshrekMay 19, 2011. 10:59 PM
http://www.britannica.com/bps/media-view/99632/1/0/0



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ai2v2xzDgc



http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynx81/4737022916/



http://fctp.petropolis.rj.gov.br/fctp/uploads/img49d6220e6665a.jpg



http://citycomfortsblog.typepad.com/cities/2010/08/alberto-santos-dumont-and-the-alternate-tread-stair.html



http://books.google.com.br/books?id=AvhqwSG6pggC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=santos+dumont+stairs&source=bl&ots=LEp6c2vEIZ&sig=xHtiGunOqx6P63jbUnZ6BMcK77Q&hl=pt-BR&ei=u2fVTZT0OMe_gQfih_CNDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=santos%20dumont%20stairs&f=false



http://www.flickr.com/photos/plitvak/2877259202/
humberto ribas in reply to tioshrekMay 19, 2011. 12:08 PM
I had one built for me, but these links are for the original one by him.

Check:

http://www.britannica.com/bps/media-view/99632/1/0/0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ai2v2xzDgc

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynx81/4737022916/

http://fctp.petropolis.rj.gov.br/fctp/uploads/img49d6220e6665a.jpg

http://citycomfortsblog.typepad.com/cities/2010/08/alberto-santos-dumont-and-the-alternate-tread-stair.html

http://books.google.com.br/books?id=AvhqwSG6pggC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=santos+dumont+stairs&source=bl&ots=LEp6c2vEIZ&sig=xHtiGunOqx6P63jbUnZ6BMcK77Q&hl=pt-BR&ei=u2fVTZT0OMe_gQfih_CNDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=santos%20dumont%20stairs&f=false

http://www.flickr.com/photos/plitvak/2877259202/


Pilgrim55 says: May 2, 2011. 9:10 PM
I love it! I just built something like it. Look for "Single Step Stairs" but it is only four steps. Great job.
tioshrek (author) in reply to Pilgrim55May 2, 2011. 10:22 PM
thank you!!!
stevet47 says: Jan 25, 2011. 1:39 PM
Good work. FYI- They are called Alternating Tread Stairs.
tioshrek (author) says: Jan 12, 2011. 1:27 PM
It´s a great solution... need some work... but its very effective!! good luck!
bg_askins says: Jan 12, 2011. 12:05 PM
these will work well in my new shop to save floor space :)
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