How Do You Draw Stairs In A Floor Plan?
A floor plan is a bird’s-eye view of each floor of a building abstracted as though there is no roof and only a few basic structural elements in the building, such as walls and doors. Because stairs are so common in architectural floor plans, there are shorthands and symbols for stairs that make drawing them a simple and straightforward task. The main difficulties are drawing to scale, using the correct measurements for the stair, and making the design decisions about where the stairs should go. Decide where the stairs should go in the floor plan. Consider the layout of the building and which places are convenient to move between floors. Determine the distance the stairs have to travel upward. This action plays a huge role in determining how long the stairs have to be because the risers and treads of the stairs are always the same height and width and the stairs have to be comfortable to walk up or down. For example, a room with a 9-foot ceiling would have stairs that have risers that a
