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19:59 Jun 7, 2013 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Architecture / Staircases | |||||||
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4 +1 | uni-directional flights |
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3 | without a dogleg |
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1 | straight-run stairs |
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uni-directional flights Explanation: * -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 heures (2013-06-08 10:32:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/... |
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straight-run stairs Explanation: This is a guess... 1009.4 Stairway landings....The width of landings shall not be less than the width of stairways they serve. Every landing shall have a minimum dimension measured in the direction of travel equal to the width of the stairway. Such dimension need not exceed 48 inches (1219 mm) where the stairway has a straight run. http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/st/ny/st/b300v10/st_ny_st_... The straight run stairs are the stairs used most in new home construction. Straight stairs, as the name implies, have no turns. http://www.civilengineeringterms.com/articles/civil-engg-con... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2013-06-08 03:23:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or "stairways with a straight run" (since "straight-run stairs" can imply lack of a landing) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 hrs (2013-06-08 13:30:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- From my (very limited) understanding, stairways that are not "straight" can still have "straight runs": An L-shaped staircase consists of two short straight-runs set at right angles to each other and separated by a landing. http://books.google.com/books?id=apx5gFdkK3UC&pg=PP8&lpg=PP8... U-shaped stairs, in which the flights run in opposite directions, also incorporate straight runs. |
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without a dogleg Explanation: Note that there is such a stair design as an "escalier droit à volée contrariée". So, it is not about the flight being straight or not. If you have a landing on the 1st floor where the flight from the g/f is at one end and the flight to the 2nd floor either at the other end or at right-angles, the "flights are non contrariées". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2013-06-09 17:46:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-leg_(stairs) http://www.bricozone.fr/portes-escalier-menuiserie/ t-question-escalier-8035.html "Le terme : 2 volées contrariées dans un langage du 19ème siècle indique que les 2 volées sont en sens inverse, ce qui est obligatoire pour un esaclier demi tournant (à 180°)." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days1 hr (2013-06-09 21:55:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- No, an escalier demi-tournant generally has winders to achieve a similar result (i.e. a 180° change of direction). Two doglegs = 360° and you would end up facing the same direction as you started, which would require extremely high ceilings. |
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