Interior stairwell

riak

I have had the stairs turned the opposite direction. They were rebuilt to be less steep. Now I need to know how to finish underneath them. I have a landing at the bottom of the stairs, but at the top it opens into the hallway with no landing. I wanted to use the space underneath for a storage closet so wanted to find out if I had to sheetrock underneath the stairs. It will reduce the space, but if required, then that is how I will do it. Can you please advise?

thanks,
Maria

mrgins

drywall or plywood. Do you have risers? Why even put any ceiling in it?

riak

Yes there are risers but there is about 1" gap at bottom. I don't want a ceiling because it takes away so much storage space. If I put risers that would completely close in the stair, would that be sufficient?

Thanks for your help on this.
Maria

BigJim

If you don't want to rock the stringers you don't have too but if you sell your house it will look incomplete without the sheet rock to a potential buyer.

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riak

Jim, thank you very much! I just want the space for storage and rocking it would steal a whole bunch from me!

thank you so much!

Maria

Gary in WA

Yes, it needs drywall under the stairs, on the slope to prevent fire between floors; http://publicecodes.citation.com/ico...002_par018.htm

If you were not using the space as a closet, you would not need it. Perhaps Jim missed that....... He usually gives good advice.

Page #4; http://www.codecheck.com/cc/images/CC5thEdSample.pdf

Gary

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BigJim

You are right Gary, I did miss that one, I appreciate you catching it buddy.

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Jim

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Cedar closet



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