ideas for 3 steps down to new en suite?

[Marco]

Hi currently looking at a situation where a new en suite is soon to be created by knocking through to another room with a circa 560mm high difference. Looking at creating a 3 tread mini staicase, with (from memory) a 400mm 'landing' as required by building regs for stairs near a doorway. Anyone with any experience of this?

I've seen some places where you can order to dimmensions on line, but as with stairs they have 'nosing' on the edge ok when carpeted, but thinking of tiling so no good then! Could just stain/varnish, but not sure this would be suitable down to a small ensuite.

I know some will reply 'leave it to a chippie!', but even if they were to build it I want to be clear of the best design. Also not to shoddy with a hammer and saw, so still tempted to build myself!

Anyone experinced similar or got some ideas?

 

[kirkgas]

bit extreme for what you need, but i got a firm to build me a timber spiral staircase to go up into the loft conversion with minimal loss of area on landing at the bottom, the guy came out measured it up, a week later he brought it back, all in sections, with one 10' x 12" x 12" timber central post, all routered for the stairs and risers, he slotted, glued and screwed it all together and if fitted like a dream, perfectly flush with the new loft bedroom floor (as i expected it to be but still a joy to watch it going in) what a pleasure watching a tradesman working, it was a crime to carpet it, but the boss didn't want it stained or painted, there wasnt a hairline gap or bruise anywhere on the whole thing, it cost about £600 i think, making one yourself is do-able but looking at what i got it just wouldn't be the same without the routered areas for everything to slot into, it was built about 7yrs ago and there is not one creak on it yet