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A dog-leg is a configuration of stairs between two floors of a building, often a domestic building, in which a flight of stairs ascends to a quarter-landing before turning at a right angle and continuing upwards.[1] The flights do not have to be equal, and frequently are not.
Structurally, the flights of a dog-leg stair are usually supported by the quarter-landing, which spans the adjoining flank walls.
From the design point of view, the main advantages of a dog-leg stair are:
- To allow an arrangement that occupies a shorter, though wider, floor area than a straight flight, and so is more compact. Even though the landings consume total floor space, there is no large single dimension.
- The upper floor is not directly visible from the bottom of the stairs, thereby providing more privacy.
References edit
- ^ Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969]. Lancashire: North. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 741. ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9.
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