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City Hall steps
We've received word that two bronze lions will return, after a multi-year hiatus, to city hall's steps tomorrow at 1 p.m. The project to rebuild City Hall's steps began in April, and was slated to be complete by mid-July, before track season started.
Better late than never I suppose.
One interesting point, scuttlebutt around the office is that the treads on the new steps look mighty shallow, and that they might be difficult to walk up. While I'm now architect, the step look deep enough to me. I'm hoping that I'll have a chance to test the new steps out tomorrow and offer a first-hand account of how the city's newest infrastructure performs.
Also, I'm looking forward to reporting tomorrow the project's total cost.
Better late than never I suppose.
One interesting point, scuttlebutt around the office is that the treads on the new steps look mighty shallow, and that they might be difficult to walk up. While I'm now architect, the step look deep enough to me. I'm hoping that I'll have a chance to test the new steps out tomorrow and offer a first-hand account of how the city's newest infrastructure performs.
Also, I'm looking forward to reporting tomorrow the project's total cost.
posted by The Saratogian City Desk at
5:54 PM
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Someone once explained that there is a formula for determining stair height, width, etc....all I could find was this:
How to Calculate Stair Height and Depth
By eHow Home & Garden Editor
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It's important to get an accurate calculation when figuring out the height and depth of stairs. The rise is the height of one step, and the run is the depth of one step. If a staircase is poorly built, it can be dangerous. If this is your first attempt at building stairs, make sure you get help from someone with experience to oversee your project.
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InstructionsDifficulty: Moderate
Step1Before you begin, contact the Building Codes Department in your area to see what the requirements for the rise and run are.
Step2Measure the total rise of the staircase. This is the distance from the bottom surface that the step sits on to the surface of the upper floor.
Step3Next, take the total rise and divide it by the height of an individual step per what the building codes say. This gives you the total number or risers for your staircase. For example, if your total rise is 8 feet, or 96 inches, and your codes say the steps can be no more than 8 inches tall, divide 96 by 8 and you get 12. This means you end up with 12 steps at 8 inches tall.
Step4Figure out the run of each step. Again, codes might have a requirement for your area. Typically you want a rise-run ratio where the height plus the depth of each step equals 17. So, for this example we know the height is 8 inches. This means 17 minus 8 would equal 9, giving us a 9 inch run.
Step5Keep in mind that when calculating your stairs, you always need one more riser than tread. So, in this example you would have 12 risers and 11 treads.
Step6Allow for an overlap of each tread. The overlap is usually between 1 to 1 ½ inches. That means when you're laying out your steps, you should allow for a tread depth of 10 to 10 ½ inches instead of 9 inches for this example.
Long after City Hall has crumbled to dust like the those buildings of the ancient city of Ostia,the steps to City Hall will forever remain... guarded by lions as the 8th wonder of the modern world. And we thought the pyramids at Giza took a long time to complete!
Andrew
Consider this.
The Empire State Bldg took one year to build, but it took six months to build defective steps to City Hall.
9:36 -- What makes you think the new stairs are defective? I've just walked up and down on them, and they seem fine to me.
If you're going to attack a capital construction project, please substantiate what you're saying.
Andrew,
Consider what you are dealing with. Leftovers from the Tom McTygue era who think he was the only one capable of doing anything.
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