Wooden Stair Flashcards
a series or row of balusters joined by a handrail or coping as the parapet of a balcony
Balustrade
A small post supporting the handrail or a coping
Baluster
A support for winders wedged into walls secured by the stringers
Bearers
That portion which supports the steps of a wooden stairs
Carriage or stringer
A term given to a winding staircase
Cockel stair
A staircase with steps winding in a circle or cylinder
Circular stair
A concave curve ob the face of a front string
Curve out
The first step by which a stair is ascended terminating at the end in a form of a scroll following the plan of a handrail
Curtail step
. Those elliptical in plan where each tread assembly converging in an elliptical ring in plan
Elliptical stair
. A section produced on any inclined plane vertically over a curve plan of a handrail
Face mould
. The series of steps leading from one landing to another
Flight of stair
. The string on the side of stairs where the handrail is placed
Front string
. A band fastened to the face of a front string below the curve and extending the width of the tread
Fillet
. Steps in a flight that are parallel with each other
Flyers
. A flight of a stair supported by the wall at the end of the steps
Geometrical stair
. The interval between two flights of steps in staircase
Half space
. A rail running parallel with the inclination of the stairs that holds the baluster
Handrail
. An opening in the middle o the staircase as distinguished from solid newel wherein the ends of steps are attached
Hollow newel
. Used to anchor a stair to concrete
Kicker plate
. The notches in the string board of a stair for the reception of stairs
Stair housing
. The convex bend at the back of the handrail
Stair knee
. The horizontal floor as resting place in a flight
Stair landing
. The central column where the steps of a staircase wind
Newel
. The front edge of a step that project beyond the riser
Stair nosing
. A horizontal member one end is wedged into the wall at the top of the flight of stair that supports the upper end of the stringer
Pitching piece
. A slope surface that rises and twists simultaneously
Ramp
. The height of a flight of stairs from landing to landing; the height between successive treads of stairs
Stair rise
. The vertical face of stair steps
Stair riser
. The horizontal distance from the first to the last riser of stair flight
Stair run
. The angle formed by a stairwell
Spandril
. A series of steps or flights of steps connected by landings which permit passage between two or more levels or floors
Stair
. The whole set of stairs; the structure containing a flight of stairs
Staircase
. The initial stair at the top of a flight of stur or staircase
Stairhead
. The clear vertical height measured from the nosing of a stair tread to any overhead obstruction
Stair headroom
. The part of a flight of stairs which forms its ceiling or soffit
Stair string
. The board next to the well hole which receives the ends of the steps
String board
. The underneath of an arch or moulding
Soffit
. The horizontal part of a step including the nosing
Stair tread
. The dimension of a tread measured perpendicular to the normal line travel on a stair
Tread length
. A metal fabricated floor plate
Tread plate
. In an open stair, the continuation of a horizontal rounded edge o a tread beyond the stair stringer
Tread return
. The horizontal distance between two consecutive risers or on an open riser stair the horizontal distance between nosing or the outer edges of successive treads all measured perpendicular to the front edge of the nosing or tread
Tread run
. The dimensions of a tread plus the projection o the nosing if any
Tread width
. The board placed against the wall to receive the end of the step
Wall string
. The place occupied by the flight of stairs
Stairwell
. The opening in floor at the top of a flight or stairs
Well hole
. A winding staircase enclosed by walls resembling a well
Well staircase
. Steps not parallel with each other
Winders
. The whole of a helically curved hand rail
Wreath
