Stair Bulkhead In Bathroom
Just like thousands of other houses throughout the country mrs r had a small box room located right on top of the stairs.
Stair bulkhead in bathroom. Not an ideal scenario. It was probably slotted into the wall and then the vertical wall above the stairs built on top. Or it may have been hidden or boxed in. Facilitating a bed in the sky where my mattress was positioned so high in the room i m surprised i didn t get vertigo.
This causes all sorts of problems when fitting out the small bedroom. The stairs bulkhead may be exposed as something jutting out into the room. All that will change is going from a 100mm brick to a minimum cls stud at 63mm. After toying with various ideas i eventually decided to reduce the footprint as much as possible and then build a stud wall with some recessed shelves.
It s all about the problem of the box room stairs bulkhead. Stairway bulkheads that do not meet the exceptions need stairways that are at least 36 inches wide at all points from the stair step up to the required headroom height of 80 inches. Over the years this bulkhead was adapted to house an elaborate shelving clothing system general storage and my all time favourite. This stairs bulkhead sticks out into what is already a small bedroom.
It will then often restrict the amount of and placement of the bedroom furniture. It seems to be a pointless exercise removing the brick and replacing with a timber and plasterboard replacement. The result of this protrusion is to markedly reduce the available floor space in the bedroom. Other solutions would involve moving stairs or.
The steps or treads must have a minimum depth of 10 inches. Mar 14 2015 the stair bulkhead was taking up a considerable large amount of space in my daughters bedroom. Havent sorted it yet but we had a bathroom design guy come round and what we will do is borrow some space from adjoining bedroom which will be our guest bedroom anyway to create more space in bathroom for walk in shower. The stair bulkhead will be encased in bespoke storage unit.
Sometimes a small cupboard will have been built above it. I constructed the idea dan proceeded with the construction. Well it is the part of the stairs that protrude into the room above. It will be slightly smaller than what it is now but it eill be higher so it looks in proportion to everythinf else and not just one big box.
One fix for this problem is to build a wardrobe over a stairs bulkhead in the bedroom.