What makes a stair unique?

When considering new stairs for your home reno project, customers have a wide array of stair designs to choose from, therefore knowing the difference between these styles is imperative to making the perfect stairs fit your home.

 

Closed Stringer With Closed Risers
The baseline standard for stairs. With the closed stringers on the side and closed riser this stair remains the classic go to because its its versatility when it comes to railing options.

 

Stringer Open Both Sides
With open stringers on both sides , these staircases can be flush up to the walls allowing the walkway to feel more open rather than the boxed in feel a closed stringer staircase would have. 

 

 

 

Open Block Stairs
This style is called Open Riser or ” Block” Staircase because you can see right through it! 
While great for making rooms feel more open by letting in more light, these staircases must be finished from all sides.

 

These staircases are examples of what the open riser looks with both of the stringer options mentioned beforehand.

 

 

 

 

Mono Stringers
In this style of staircase there is only one stringer, running under the staircase.
This is a very modern style of staircase. The monostringer itself can be made in wood or in metal.
Out of all the stair styles this has the thickest treads because of safely. They must be able to evenly distribute weight while someone’s walking down the stairs.
The stringer is also much thicker than a standard staircase.

 

Cantilever
Cantilever or “Floating “staircases are the ultra modern style of staircases. They are essentially mono stringer staircase, but with the stringer flushed to onside to give the feeling of “floating”. The stringer is actually inset into the wall to make it “float”.
Cantilever staircases are almost always metal with very few exceptions. The steps themselves are actually hollow, allowing for a metal bar to slide inside, giving the staircase all the support it needs.

 

 

 

For a look at some of the building code rules and regulations for residential staircases and railing,
see our article about The Building Code for the City of Toronto concerning Stairs and Railings HERE

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