U stair calculator
Estimate two return flights and landing depth while keeping local headroom under review.
What you enter
- Total rise (in)
- Maximum riser (in)
- Tread run (in)
- Landing depth (in)
Main results
- Number of risers
- Number of treads
- Total run
- Stringer length of the longest flight
- Landing depth
- Rise, treads and run of each flight
- Headroom review note
What it follows
Plain geometry on the rise, riser, tread and landing depth you type; no building-code table is looked up. The maximum riser is a number you type; check the limit that applies where you build. Headroom is not checked: the result marks it as needing local input.
Every result is marked REVIEW REQUIRED. Illustrative project-planning values only; jurisdiction, species, grade, loads, wet service and current adopted tables require review. Do not use a result directly for permit, purchase, or field use.
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