I feel it’s important for you to understand the structure of a set of stairs before you get out your saw and framing square.

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Single-stair building code reforms are spreading as states and cities seek more small multifamily housing while maintaining ...

Requiring two stairs, as on lift, limits layout options for multi0-family buildings as compared to single stair, as shown at right. Pew Charitable Trust illustration. Sign up for the Concord Monitor's ...

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Felicity Maxwell, Parker Welch, Sam Naylor, and Chris Gannon at the conference’s final day. Fire Chief Alston, single-stairwell skeptic: “Why would anyone want to limit ingress and egress to any large ...

A single staircase in a San Diego apartment building. Some stakeholders embrace what’s called “single stair reform in the debate over housing development. (Photo by Times of San Diego staff) This ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thursday, Austin City Council members approved a code amendment that allows more units to be built using only one central staircase. Advocates of “single stair” housing say it will ...

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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In late September, a city became the first in California to legalize the construction of mid-rise apartment buildings ...

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