Existing staircase

The staircase in a terrace house is usually in line with the front door to the building. The other side carries the chimneys so no space there

A new staircase leading to your loft will usually go over the existing staircase. While the existing staircase is unaffected, it does have an influence on the design of the new staircase - that of headroom. Your new staircase has to maintain a minimum of 2.0m head clearance over the existing stair. To the side of the existing stair it had to b

One factor which dictates how you plan your new stairs, and that is headroom.

You have is the lowest. Point by building regulators ideally above your system. That headroom must be maintained.

We cannot dip and make the headroom lower over the existence staircase. Ideally the height is two meters, but if you have an existing head height of less than 2.0m then planning can be understanding and waive the rule on this.

So the configuration of your existing staircase will have an effect upon the configuration of your new staircase lead into your locker room. Whilst the staircase the existing one is an effected, the structures around it may be.

For example most houses have a room directly above the head the bottom of the stairs, we have to make space available for the new stairs to come up.

If there is and if there is a room directly above we may need to compromise the size of that room in order to make space for the new staircase.