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Spiralstairs

Windingstairs

Straightstairs

TechnicalstatusJanuary2004

Contents

Contents 1

Stairs & Stairways 2 / 3

Types of stairs

Indoor staircase 4 5 6

interior stairs 7 8 9

Outdoor escape stairs 10 11 12

balcony stairs 14 15

Industrial staircases 16 17

Tank staircases 18

Single stringer staircase 19

Standard and modular staircase 20

Staircases with protection cages 21

References 22-29

Steps 30

Banisters 31

Technical remarks 32/33

Production sites 34/35

Your inquiry 36

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2 Stairs & Stairways

Staircases have always hadsomething fascinating. For many

cultures, they have been an indis-

pensable element for ritual and

political actions. The giant stairs of

the Mayas pyramids in Mexico are

just one out of many examples to

prove this fact.

However, you dont have to

travel far in time and space to find

staircases as symbols of power

and importance. Many public buil-

dings, built by the turn of the cen-

tury in Europe and especially in

Germany, are distinguished by

their giant staircases.


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Compared to the massivestone staircases of the past,

todays staircases are light and

almost delicate. Their fascination

results from the esthetical play of

material and light in space. Their

shape, based on their function, has

a timeless quality of design.

A staircase has always

been regarded as more than an

auxiliary to surmount differences in

elevation. Did you already notice

the important role a staircase plays

in numerous TV shows?


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above:

spiral stairs made of wood,

steel and high-grade steel

Kottengrn

below:

Spiral stairs in a winter garden,

ungalvanised, clear varnish,with perforated sheet metal steps

Heidelberg

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With the prices per sq.m. ofhousing space always rising, you

want to waste as little space as

possible. With rising demands on

interior decoration, you want the

best design for each detail.

Both demands are fulfilled

by elegant spiral stairs. The space

required for the staircase is redu-

ced to an absolute minimum, the

design possibilities are almost unli-

mited.

A beautiful staircase

increases the worth of living.

Spiral stairs

for indoor use


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above:

Winding stair made of

high-grade steel and stone steps

Roth, Whlsdorf

below:

Winding stair with polished

high-grade steel banister,steps with stone flooring

Zeitz

5Winding stairs

for indoor use

Okay, you are right, we arewinding stairs fanatics. When we

experience step by step the de-

velopment of an idea, through the

rough drawing and the noble

finish, into such an object, then we

are simply proud.

And this is all we have to

say to this!

A beautiful staircase

is past all description.


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above:

Straight flight staircase, wooden steps

and high-grade steel banister

House Switzerland, Berlin

below:

Dog-leg staircase

Flat steel stringers with wooden treads,

a solid beech handrail and a banister

made of electrochemicallypolished stainless-steel

Merzig

Straight staircases

for indoor use

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Straight staircases are gai-ning more and more importance

within the realization of exclusive

interior designs.

We are glad about that.

When placing their orders,

the sober reason of many building

owners seems to outweigh temp-

tingly low prices. They prefer qua-

lity to the danger of defects which

are expensive to eliminate later on.

Thats just as well.

We are making it a point of

honour to offer the best relation

between price and performance

and to contribute to increasing the

value of a building:

Better quality, precision of

work, a sense of subtlety and aes-

thetics in our drafts.


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Spiral stairs with high-grade steel

banisters, high-grade steel steps

with wooden insertsporcelain museum

Hohenberg

Spiral stairs 7

A staircase offers a widerange of designing possibilities in

the planning of a building.

The spiral stairs, with their

small space required and the low

static requirements, can link the

different floors in an almost playful

way.

Fascinating shape, harmo-

nizing colours, noble materials,

distinguished elegance.


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above:

Spiral staircase with a B1 banister,

stainless steel handrail and stone treads

Nuremberg

below:

A spiral staircase with an inner

supporting stringer, protruding treads anda polished stainless steel banister

Berlin

Winding stairs8

Few decades ago, thedesign of a staircase oriented itself

rather by historical and oversized

models. Todays staircases are

often reduced to the minimum

requirements. For mounting se-

veral floors, most people prefer

taking the elevator, anyway.

The modern winding stairs

impress by their elegant design,

the subtle interplay of shape and

material. One is really tempted to

use such stairs.


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straight flight staircase granit steps,

high-grade steel banisterswith glass elements

Saarlouis

Straight staircases

Steel stairs offer architectu-ral solutions which would be

unthinkable using different tech-

niques, or which could only be rea-

lized by complicated statics,

heaps of material and a great deal

of money.

An intelligent construction,

however, can save a lot of money.

In the end, there will be enough

money left for extraordinary bani-

sters and a high-quality flooring.

Good quality doesnt al-

ways have to be expensive.

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Spiral stairs withA1 safety banisters,

steel or high-grade steel

Spiral

fire-escapes

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In the TV news, we areoften becoming witnesses of dra-

matic catastrophes. We are told

again and again that many people

died because of unsuitable or mis-

sing fire-escapes.

Thank god there are clear

legal regulations, and building

owners and architects are respon-

sible enough to stick to these

rules.


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Spiral stairs with

safety access,galvanised gratings

Hanover

Spiral

fire-escapes

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We all hope that a fire-esca-pe wont ever have to fulfill its pur-

pose; however, it doesnt have to

be a necessary evil.

Thus, we are happy that

fire-escapes not only meet the

legal regulations, but are also an

important element in the general

impression of a building.


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Winding stairs with grating stepsand safety banisters

Todtmoos

Winding

fire-escapes

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Winding fire-escapes offeradditional aspects of safety

because of their larger diameter

and the wider surface of their

steps. In a case of emergency,

people are able to escape faster

and easier.

This is why this type of

staircases is especially suited for

areas where evacuation is made

difficult by other factors, e.g. a cer-

tain grade of immobility of the

inhabitants of a house.


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above:

Straight staircase with flat steel

side pieces

Leipzig

below:

Straight staircase with flat steelside pieces

Selb

Straight

fire-escapes

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It is a question of taste,architectural factors and some-

times building regulations, whether

you prefer spiral stairs, winding

stairs or a straight staircase as fire-

escape.

This solution is a good

example for integrating a straight

counter-rotating fire-escape into

the architectural conception of a

building: semi-circular landings

with grating steps, the galvanised

side pieces visibly screwed toge-

ther, the banisters emphasizing the

design.


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Spiral stairs with side wall, banisterswith high-grade steel handrail

Mahlow

Spiral

balcony stairs

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Have you ever noticed howmuch our attitude towards balcony

and garden has changed during

the last few years?

Have we adopted this way

of living from our neighbours in

southern Europe? Or did we find

out that it can be nice to spend our

holidays at home, or are the sum-

mers in our latitudes really beco-

ming warmer?

We come up to the desire

for a direct access from the balco-

ny to the garden with staircases

which are not only practical, but

also stylish:

From the kitchen directly

to the barbecue!


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A straight flight access staircase,

u-shaped stringers, grating treadsand a binding banister

Saarbrcken

Straight

balcony stairs

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One word about thematerial steel:

When you think of your gar-

den, you would certainly think of a

solid wooden staircase. From the

environmental point of view, howe-

ver, this romantic picture is mis-

leading. Wooden constructions,

which are always exposed to

weather influences, need constant

care, and the corresponding

agents are not always environmen-

tally friendly.

No wonder that visible steel

constructions are gaining more

and more importance in our ecolo-

gically oriented society.


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above right:

6-storey industrial spiral stair with

banister type A1

Munich

below right:

Spiral stair with 1 access landing,

2 resting landings and braces

Hanover

left:

Spiral stair with landingsaccording to DIN

Plauen

Industrial

spiral stairs

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Industrial staircases have tomeet special requirements which

differ from those for residential or

commercial premises. You can find

industrial stairs inside or outside a

building, they can be straight stair-

cases or only a small footbridge, or

many stories high. They have to

meet lots of special security regu-

lations, and during their long life,

they must not ever give any reason

for maintenance works.

Not to forget they must

not cost too much.


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Straight staircase as counter-rotatingtower with footbridge to the tank

Schmalkalden

Straight industrial

stairs

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Industrial stairs have tomeet the highest requirements day

by day. They always have to be

reliable, regardless of the environ-

ment.

Whether in the food indus-

try, heavy industry, warehouse,

production halls, or as shown here,

as stairs and footbridges in a puri-

fication plant.

It stands to reason that all

safety aspects prescribed by the

professional associations are ta-

ken into consideration.


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above:

Tank staircase

Bexbach

below:

Tank staircases,sewage treatment plant

Bschfeld

Tank staircases18

Tank staircases are hugewinding stairs with the tank itself

being the side wall.

Depending on the type of

tank the treads can be bolted or

welded to the side wall or the use

of a winding staircase might be

possible.

They are virtually exclusive-

ly used for maintenance works, so

they have to be as cheap as possi-

ble.

At this point, our customers

can profit not only from our know

how, but also from the fact that we

are one of Europes largest manu-

facturers of grating products, and

wherever possible we will try to

make savings on our production

costs.


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UniversumScience Center

Bremen

Single stringer

staircase

An interesting solution fromboth the engineering and the

design angles: the single stringer

staircase with the treads mounted

on the one stringer in the middle.

The stringer can be either

straight or curved. The aesthetic

simplicity of single stringer stairca-

ses is particularly appealing.

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above:

Spiral stair with banister A1,

2 landings, gratings steps

Mlheim Baden

below:Modular stair

Limbach

Standard and

modular staircase

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We have developed a stan-dard programme for recurring

tasks. The advantages are ob-

vious: low price through series

production, conforming to DIN and

ISO standards, technically perfec-

ted, versatile in use and indestruc-

tible. Our various production lines

offer a wide range of flooring and

banisters, and because of this

even a standard staircase can be

tailored to suit the customer's indi-

vidual requirements. As DIN 18800

certified welding specialists, we

guarantee quality up to the smal-

lest detail. We are protecting the

steel against corrosion through a

galvanised surface according to

DIN 50976 or a powder coating, or

we use high-grade steels of the

material groups 1.4301 and

1.4571.

Through series production,

the Meiser modular stairs offer a

very favourable price, quick delive-

ry, and easy mounting. The single

grating stairtreads have a collar,

which is slid over a central

column for fixing. The square lan-

ding is fixed to the newel accordin-

gly. The precast children-safe han-

drail parts are screwed togetherwith the stairtreads. At the

moment, our modular stairs can be

shipped freshly galvanised within a

few days from receipt of order.


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above left and 2nd

from above left:

Spiral stair with safety cage

social centre Saarbrcken

above right:

Straight staircase with protection cage

Frankfurt

below left:

Spiral staircase with protection cage

Wiesbaden

2nd from above right:

TUI Hanover

below right:Spiral stair with protection cage

Schriesheimer Kopf

Staircases with

protection cages

Security aspects such asintrusion protection and/or protec-

tion against unauthorized access

(including children) can require the

use of protective cages.

The doors are fitted with

panic locks as an added security

precaution.

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Meiser

Oelsnitz

References

In our plants in Saarlandand Saxony, we are producing so

many different staircases every

year that it is impossible to show

all our references without running

the risk of getting boring.

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References

If you would like to makesure of our efficiency, simply call

us or send us a fax. We will gladly

give you the addresses of some of

our finished projects.

Good work is the best

publicity.

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New building

Technikmuseum Berlin


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24 References

Foundation Wrth Berlin


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Airport Leipzig

25References


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Maxtorhof

Nuremberg

Stern Center

Sindelfingen

References26


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Car dealer ship Strau

Plauen

OEWA

Dbeln

References 27


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above left:

Observation tower

Schriesheimer Kopf

above right:

Handrail for children

Kindergarten Neumark

2nd from above right:

Office building of an insurance company

Saarbrcken

2nd from above left:

Powder-coated spiral stairs

Fire station Chemnit

below left:

Interior staircase Homburg

below right:Windings stairs in construction

Brensteinturm Plauen

28 References


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left:

Telekom

Frankfurt/Oder

right:

Office Hager

Blieskastel

Observation towerin the Erzgebirge,

area of Germany

References 29


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for example:

Sheet metal, galvanised

or high-grade steel

for example:

All popular types of wood,

from robust to noble

for example:

All popular types of stone,

from granite to marble

for example:

Step construction for

carpet flooring in different

qualities

Steps30

The person who uses astaircase will notice the design of

the steps rather than the architec-

tural performance.

For outdoor areas, it is bet-

ter to use materials which are resis-

tant towards weather factors, and

which allow safe walking even

when its wet or icy.

Indoors, however, the

material and colour of the steps

can be designed according to the

building owners taste, the interior

decoration or simply the purse.

for example:Grating 30/30

with anti-skid protection,

galvanised, high-grade steel

or powder coated


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A1

B2

B3

B1

D2

G1

C1

C2

C4

C7

for example:

A1

Banisters and posts made of steel

tube 33,7 mm to 48,3 mm

bottom banding bar: flat steel 30x8 mm

infil bars: round steel 12 mm

B1

Same specification as A1,

with top and bottom banding bar

B2

Banisters and posts made of steel tube

33,7 mm to 48,3 mm

top and bottom banding bar:

flat steel 30x8 mm

wire mesh infil panels 50/50/5

B3


tube 33,7 mm to 48.3 mm

top and bottom banding bar:

flat steel 30x8 mm

perforated sheet metal infil panels

C1 - C7


tube 33,7 mm to 48,3 mm

tubular steel banding bars

26 mm or 12 mm

D2

Banisters made of steel tube

33,7 mm to 42,4 mm post elements

of square steel 25 mm and 10 mm

(only for spiral stairs)

G1

Banisters and posts made of steeltube 33,7 mm to 48,3 mm

glass infil panels

Banisters

Besides the flooring of thesteps, the banisters are an impor-

tant factor for the design of a stair-

case. The opposite examples are

the best selling, but not nearly the

only types of banisters available.

You have your own ideas?

We are looking forward to making

your creative plannings come true

just talk to us.

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1400 - 1500

15 1600 - 2000

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2100 - 2200

18 2300 - 2500

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2600 - 2800

22 2900 - 3000

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The number of steps per turnis calculated according to the

staircases diameter.

Technical remarks32

Here is some advice in caseyou have to give technical informa-

tion to someone who isnt a spe-

cialist:

Especially for spiral stairs,

not all heights between floors can

be reached with any stair diameter

within the applicable regulations.

The opposite picture shows

the most common partition

systems, taking into consideration

the DIN or building regulations.


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Spiral stairs have a column

in the middle, which is known as

the newel. They are turning either

left or right.

Winding stairs dont have a

column, but one or two side walls.

These side walls can be fixed ei-

ther on the inside or in the middle,

or else inside and outside.

The outstanding feature of

a straight staircase is that you

always go straight when ascen-

ding. The staircase can be inter-

rupted by one or more landings.

A straight and one flight staircase

is not interrupted by landings.

When using a dog-legged

straight staircase, you change the

walking direction on every landing.

Spiral stairs Winding stairs Straight staircase

Technical remarks 33


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The Administration buildings

at Oelsnitz and Limbach

Production

sites

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Meiser has specialised in

the manufacture of top-notch steel

staircases for many years. We

have been awarded the Certificate

of Competence as per DIN 18800.

In addition, we are familiar with

and take into account all relevant

construction guidelines and regu-

lations. Our employees know their

jobs inside out. Their attitude is

one of unrivalled professionalism.

However, creative quality needs to

be planned in advance. Which is

why all of us here at Meiser saw

the redesign of the production

plant and service buildings as a

logical challenge to represent our

quality aspirations by means of an

architecture that pays attention to

every detail. We were fortunate to

find in our architect a partner who

understood how to make ourambitions visual. Not only that.

During the building measures, we

were able to gain in-depth expe-

rience of just how project deve-

lopers, planners and design engi-

neers operate, experience we now

use to the advantage of our clients.

To optimise our performance, we

have developed our own computer

assisted fixtures and machines on

which, working with very low tole-

rances, we can produce all manner

of staircases. Our production halls

and warehouses were also desi-

gned under quantitative and quali-

tative considerations to handle

large projects.


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Production site

Limbach

Gebr. Meiser GmbH

Abt. Treppenbau

Bahnhofstrae

66839 Schmelz-Limbach

Tel.: (49)-0-6887 / 309 1210

Fax: (49)-0-6887 / 309 3211

eMail: [email protected]

Internet: www.meiser.de

Production site

Oelsnitz

Meiser Vogtland

GmbH & Co. KG

Abt. Treppenbau

Am Lehmteich 3

08606 Oelsnitz

Tel.: (49)-0-37421 / 50 141 + 142

Fax: (49)-0-37421 / 50 140

eMail: [email protected]

Internet: www.meiser.de

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Company:

Contact:

Address:

Phone:

Fax:

Date:

Offer required until:

Please enter measurements and position of newel:

Inside staircase

interior stairs

Outside escape stairs

doorway stairs

balcony stairs

Industrial staircase

Winding direction

right left

Steps grating 30/30

grating 30/10

durbar

steel tub

wood

stone

carpet

Banister type (see page 31)

special request

Surface high-grade steel

galvanised

primed

powder coated

statics required yes no

mounting yes norequired

Measurements and materials ofwall or ceiling where landing shallbe fixed:

Please enter height between floorshere:

Conditions

36 Your inquiry

You want to know the price of a steel staircase? No problem, you can always

count on us. Before we can submit you our offer, we need some information.

Please fill in this form and send it

to one of our branches by mail or

fax.

Thank you very much.

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