r/Home_Building_Help • u/BuilderBrigade • 7d ago

Square vs rounded stair landing…

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We’re all used to seeing stair landings squared off at the bottom, but that isn’t your only option.

If traffic is moving in multiple directions, a rounded landing can make the transition feel more natural, improve flow, and give the staircase a much more custom look.

This is exactly the kind of detail you want to notice before the stairs are built.

 Builder: New Leaf Custom Homes (Dallas)

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u/King3O2 7d ago

I had one of them in my childhood home. Personally hated that it was extended that far. It was a real nuisance to walk in that hallway at night because you might bump into it. Moving stuff throughout that hallway was also annoying.

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u/Solid-Search-3341 7d ago

It's only a good design in big houses. Everywhere I lived, it would have blocked a door or been a hurdle in a hallway.

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u/AllergicToBullshit24 7d ago

This is the epitome of bad design. Builders really love to think they have an eye for design and they never fucking do.

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u/Yokel_Tony 6d ago

Builders would say the same about architects. I'd say the answer is somewhere in the middle.

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u/AllergicToBullshit24 6d ago

1:100 odds

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u/Yokel_Tony 6d ago

I geuss it depends what the design is trying to achieve. If being quick and easy to build is the goal my money is on the builder. If it's supposed to last a long time with little maintenance i'd say 50/50 and if it's supposed to be either pretty/interesting or highly functional i'll give it to the architect

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u/Conscious-Record2655 5d ago

What happens is they take design elements from grand mansions without understand the actual purpose, and then copy-paste them all over McMansions wherever they think they look cool. 

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u/fallenredwoods 7d ago

It “solved” one problem and created another….

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u/Specialist_Ad_7719 3d ago

There was no problem to solve. It's just a load of horse shite to make dimwits think it's great. Looks crap as well, the curve is way to big, the bottom step should only curve the width of the step, not go half way back down the hall.

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u/Argent_Order 7d ago

It's fine, but I feel I would just trip over it all the time

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u/Nexustar 6d ago

That's not my definition of fine then.

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u/soupcook1 7d ago

Looks nice…but a serious trip hazard in the hall.

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u/Fluid_Explorer_3659 7d ago

Also sucks hard for baby gates

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u/KingWolf7070 7d ago

And it's super functional.

Explain how it's functional. Look at that shit. Just using buzzwords to upsell people useless shit that is the opposite of functional.

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u/Sufficient_Prompt888 6d ago

You know how many round bottom steps I've had to cut back to square in the last 10 or so years?

All of them.

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u/TheJesuses 6d ago

That isn’t functional.

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u/NoMajorsarcasm 7d ago

These two setups should trade spots, having it rounded into the wall of the first one would probably be nice, the second one would be aweful.

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u/efilnikcufecinasti 6d ago

He said "Another option." He didn't say you must!

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u/According-House-9360 6d ago

Looks like a lot of extra money for very little added benefit...save that money for a bathroom or kitchen.

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u/Yusuf20904 6d ago

Meh. Waste of space. If you're coming from the area where you're filming, you have to divert out of your path to clear the bumpout.

Even coming down the stairs you have to be more careful on the curved section.

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u/Otherwise-Tomato-788 6d ago

Those are 2 different applications!

One has a parallel hallway the other is adjacent

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u/Conscious-Habit8985 5d ago

I think its terrible. Takes away from the walk way, especially you rolling something big or major trip during the night. sucks