EXERCISES:

I Answer the questions:

1. What connects two floor of a building?
The stairs.
2. What is the noising?
If the edge has a moulding, it is called the noising.
3. What types of stairs are there?
Straight, L-shaped, Spiral, U-shaped.
4. What are two rules common to steps for all staircases?
a) twice the rise of a step plus the going must not be less than 550mm and not more
than 700mm and
b) the minimum rise must be 75mm.
5. What are stairs usually made of?
Wood, metal, concrete.

II Give definitions for the following words:

1. A raiser is the vertical surface of stairs.
2. A tread is the horizontal surface of stairs.
3 A landing is a platform between flights of stairs
4. A newel is the central column.
5. A flight is a number of uninterrupted stairs.