Hello
Planning to arrange a loft in a future guest cottage and considering how to access it. I want to incorporate a simple staircase, but the problem is that space is quite limited.
Initially, we thought about a regular ladder from the living room, but then started considering a version where you come up over the bathroom. It's possible to place a ladder there, but it would be steep. I'd like to build a kind of curved structure that still takes up little space. It doesn't have to be like a staircase, but something a bit safer than a ladder would be nice.
Can anyone suggest a construction or, in the worst case, someone who can build it for me?
Planning to arrange a loft in a future guest cottage and considering how to access it. I want to incorporate a simple staircase, but the problem is that space is quite limited.
Initially, we thought about a regular ladder from the living room, but then started considering a version where you come up over the bathroom. It's possible to place a ladder there, but it would be steep. I'd like to build a kind of curved structure that still takes up little space. It doesn't have to be like a staircase, but something a bit safer than a ladder would be nice.
Can anyone suggest a construction or, in the worst case, someone who can build it for me?
An asymmetrical half-stair can be installed quite steeply, and you should be able to accommodate a curved model as well, allowing for entry angled towards the bathroom. See this as an example: http://www.trappfabriken.se/spartrappa-karina#4
Hmm, I couldn't link directly to the image I meant, but it's the fourth model in the pictures.
Hmm, I couldn't link directly to the image I meant, but it's the fourth model in the pictures.
Perfect, now the question is just how to build it myself! 
Joking aside, I realize that it's either a cheap ladder or an expensive compact staircase that's needed. Building one myself is probably not something I should attempt. I think it should be possible to solve it in wood in some clever way.
Joking aside, I realize that it's either a cheap ladder or an expensive compact staircase that's needed. Building one myself is probably not something I should attempt. I think it should be possible to solve it in wood in some clever way.
Spartappa? I had to Google that . You learn something new every day. But one of those isn't too complicated to build yourself. You can fish for a volunteer in the thread "posta er senaste verk" or whatever it's called, there are people with skills for a project like this
. You learn something new every day. But one of those isn't too complicated to build yourself. You can fish for a volunteer in the thread "posta er senaste verk" or whatever it's called, there are people with skills for a project like this 
This one seems to be in wood and shouldn't be impossible to copy/imitate/modify.cederbusch said:Perfect, now the only question is how I build it myself!
Joking aside, I realize that it's either a cheap ladder or an expensive spiral staircase that's needed. Building one like that myself is probably not something I should attempt. I think it should have been possible to solve it cleverly in wood.
First Google link basically so there are probably better examples to find.
mexitegel: it even says so in the link you posted
Alfredo: now I need a staircase that twists. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been such a big deal. I have no idea how I would solve it in the turn.
Alfredo: now I need a staircase that twists. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been such a big deal. I have no idea how I would solve it in the turn.
If it's enough for the staircase to be L- or U-shaped, perhaps you can build some form of landing at a suitable height where the other parts of the staircase can run up/down to?
In any case, consider how you will get any furniture up to the loft, it probably won't work with a winding staircase. In our house, there is an L-staircase – completely impossible to get anything larger/wider than a 90-bed up there (and no, it doesn't work through the windows either ...).
In any case, consider how you will get any furniture up to the loft, it probably won't work with a winding staircase. In our house, there is an L-staircase – completely impossible to get anything larger/wider than a 90-bed up there
(and no, it doesn't work through the windows either ...).Yes, I was thinking about whether that might be a solution. Regarding furniture, it is a non-issue for us, the loft will have a low ceiling and we will just put some mattresses up there.
Just like at our place, you can't go to the furniture store and find something without immediately having to think about whether you can get it up. A nightmare during the renovation, boards over 900x2500 can’t go up, and even these require a real precision job to maneuver up. So glad the upstairs is finished now...In our house, there is an L-shaped stairway—it’s completely impossible to get anything larger/wider than a 90-bed up it