Hi,
building a one-story house with a loft on the West Coast.
White-painted wooden facade.
To access the loft from the outside (there is a hatch in the house's interior ceiling), a staircase needs to be built up to the loft, which is about 3-4 m up on the gable.
How should one consider the type of staircase to choose for accessing the loft?
Wood? Regular timber, pressure-treated?
alternatively
Metal? Galvanized or stainless steel?
Prices?
Durability, maintenance?
Grateful for tips!
Jimmy
building a one-story house with a loft on the West Coast.
White-painted wooden facade.
To access the loft from the outside (there is a hatch in the house's interior ceiling), a staircase needs to be built up to the loft, which is about 3-4 m up on the gable.
How should one consider the type of staircase to choose for accessing the loft?
Wood? Regular timber, pressure-treated?
alternatively
Metal? Galvanized or stainless steel?
Prices?
Durability, maintenance?
Grateful for tips!
Jimmy
Don't know what it costs, but I would still say that stainless steel is too expensive, galvanized is the most durable in relation to price, and wood is the nicest. An external staircase I would build in pressure-treated lumber; if you can attach the entire structure to the wall, it should last a very long time, but even a structure resting on the ground will last if it is pressure-treated long enough so that it won't be a problem. There are different classes of pressure-treated wood that I don't know by heart, but it should be easy to check at the hardware store. But wood always requires painting sooner or later, usually sooner when it's outdoors, so the maintenance is more work on one like that.