This document discusses different types of staircases including straight flights with no more than 18 rises, quarter and half turns with landings to change direction, and quarter and half turns using winders. It also mentions circular and spiral stairs that resemble a full or partial circle in shape. Staircases provide a way to move between levels or storeys of a building and include features like risers, treads, newel posts, balustrades, and trimmer cuts for joists.

1. A flight of steps leading from one storey OR level to in other.

2. Landing nosing
newel
Cut out for joist trimmer
Well string
Kite winder
Wall string
Riser
nosing
Split landing
Newel post
Baluster and handrail
= Balustrade
Tread
¼ space landing
skirting

5.  Straight flight: No
more than 18 rises
without a change in
direction.

6.  Quarter turn with landing.
The landing is needed to
change a direction of the
flight by 90 degree and at
the same time it sar.ves as a
place for rest when moving

7.  Half turn with landing
The stair change the direction of flight by 180 degree and
also serves as a place for rest when moving

8.  Quarter turn with
kite winders

9.  Half turn with
winders

10.  Circular and Spiral Stairs
Stair of this type have stair flight resembling a
circle or a part of in its shape.