U-shaped staircase

[myfs_161531]

Hello!

Just wanted your advise on the staircase we will have for our 3-storey home. The current plan has a U-shaped staircase with 10 steps - landing - 10steps (total of 20) to get to the second floor. From the second floor landing it's another set of 10 steps - landing - 10 steps to get to the third floor.

Do we add 2 steps to make it 11+11 = 22?

Do we count all the way to the top which will make it 44 steps total?

Please help!

[Cecil Lee]

In general:

1. From the 1st step on the ground floor to the 2nd storey landing should be totalled inclusive of the 2nd storey landing.

2. At the 2nd storey landing: when one step on the first step to the 3rd storey; this is counted as 1 step; inclusive of any landing and when one reach the 3rd storey landing again, this total should be counted together for the 2nd storey etc...

Additional resources: http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=1&mid=15996&new=

http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=1&mid=33954&new=

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On 5/31/2016 8:49:21 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hello!Just wanted your advise
on the staircase we will have
for our 3-storey home. The
current plan has a U-shaped
staircase with 10 steps -
landing - 10steps (total of
20) to get to the second
floor. From the second floor
landing it's another set of 10
steps - landing - 10 steps to
get to the third
floor.Do we add 2 steps
to make it 11+11 = 22?Do
we count all the way to the
top which will make it 44
steps total?Please help!

[Cecil Lee]

This is an additional resource with illustration:-

http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=1&mid=11820&new=

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On 5/31/2016 10:12:42 PM, Anonymous wrote:
In general:1. From the 1st step on the
ground floor to the 2nd storey landing
should be totalled inclusive of the 2nd
storey landing.2. At the 2nd storey
landing: when one step on the first step
to the 3rd storey; this is counted as 1
step; inclusive of any landing and when
one reach the 3rd storey landing again,
this total should be counted together
for the 2nd storey etc...Additional
resources:
http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/artic
le.php?bid=2&fid=1&mid=15996&
;new=http://forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/
article.php?bid=2&fid=1&mid=3395
4&new=On 5/31/2016 8:49:21 PM,
Anonymous wrote:
Hello!Just wanted
your advise
on the staircase we will
have
for our 3-storey home.
The
current plan has a
U-shaped
staircase with 10 steps
-
landing - 10steps (total of
20)
to get to the second
floor. From the
second floor
landing it's another set
of 10
steps - landing - 10 steps
to
get to the third
floor.Do
we add 2 steps
to make it 11+11 =
22?Do
we count all the way to
the
top which will make it
44
steps total?Please help!

[myfs_161531]

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly! Just one more question, does the width of the middle landing matter? If it is wide that you might need more than one step within the same level to get to the next step will that count as 2 steps? Or do we just count the vertical steps/levels?

In the attached photo, do we count this as 14 steps?

Thank you again!!

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On 5/31/2016 10:15:53 PM, Anonymous wrote:
This is an additional resource with
illustration:-http://forum.geomancy.net/
phpforum/article.php?bid=2&fid=1&
;mid=11820&new=On 5/31/2016 10:12:42
PM, Cecil Lee wrote:
In general:1.
From the 1st step on the
ground floor
to the 2nd storey landing
should be
totalled inclusive of the 2nd
storey
landing.2. At the 2nd storey
landing:
when one step on the first step
to
the 3rd storey; this is counted as
1
step; inclusive of any landing and
when
one reach the 3rd storey landing
again,
this total should be counted
together
for the 2nd storey
etc...Additional
resources:
http:/
/forum.geomancy.net/phpforum/artic
le
.php?bid=2&fid=1&mid=15996&&
gt;;new=http://forum.geomancy.net/phpfor
um/
article.php?bid=2&fid=1&m
id=3395
4&new=On 5/31/2016
8:49:21 PM,
Anonymous
wrote:
Hello!Just wanted
your
advise
on the staircase we
will
have
for our 3-storey
home.
The
current plan has
a
U-shaped
staircase with 10
steps
-
landing - 10steps (total
of
20)
to get to the
second
floor. From the
second
floor
landing it's another set
of
10
steps - landing - 10
steps
to
get to the
third
floor.Do
we add 2
steps
to make it 11+11
=
22?Do
we count all the way
to
the
top which will make
it
44
steps total?Please
help!

[Cecil Lee]

These are some considerations

1. It should be 14 steps.

2. In Feng Shui; it is always good to have a turn or landing at a staircase.

2.1. Some geomancers explain that it is to allow good qi to meander or flow from the ground floor to the upper floor and vice versa.

3. Another side of it has more to do with common sense:

3.1. This is because, touch-wood! If someone were to trip and fall on the upper stairs, often they will land onto the landing then to fall all the way down the entire stairs sometimes to the bottom steps.

3.2. A landing serves as a temporary resting area for some elderly before they further negotiate further up the staircase.

3.2.1. Therefore, it makes sense or ok to have a wider landing.

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On 5/31/2016 11:39:49 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Thank you for getting back to me so
quickly! Just one more question, does
the width of the middle landing matter?
If it is wide that you might need more
than one step within the same level to
get to the next step will that count as
2 steps? Or do we just count the
vertical steps/levels?In the
attached photo, do we count this as 14
steps?Thank you again!!On 5/31/2016
10:15:53 PM, Cecil Lee wrote:
This is
an additional resource
with
illustration:-http://forum.geoma
ncy.net/
phpforum/article.php?bid=2&a
mp;fid=1&
;mid=11820&new=On
5/31/2016 10:12:42
PM, Cecil Lee
wrote:
In general:1.
From the 1st
step on the
ground floor
to the
2nd storey landing
should
be
totalled inclusive of the
2nd
storey
landing.2. At the 2nd
storey
landing:
when one step on
the first step
to
the 3rd storey;
this is counted as
1
step;
inclusive of any landing
and
when
one reach the 3rd storey
landing
again,
this total should
be counted
together
for the 2nd
storey
etc...Additional
resources:
http:/
/forum.geomancy.net/phpfor
um/artic
le
.php?bid=2&fid=1&a
mp;mid=15996&&
gt;;new=http:/
/forum.geomancy.net/phpfor
um/
art
icle.php?bid=2&fid=1&m
id=339
5
4&new=On 5/31/2016
8:49:21
PM,
Anonymous
wrote:
Hello!Just
wanted
your
advise
on the
staircase we
will
have
for our
3-storey
home.
The
current plan
has
a
U-shaped
staircase with
10
steps
-
landing - 10steps
(total
of
20)
to get to
the
second
floor. From
the
second
floor
landing it's
another set
of
10
steps -
landing - 10
steps
to
get to
the
third
floor.Do
we add
2
steps
to make it
11+11
=
22?Do
we count
all the way
to
the
top which
will make
it
44
steps
total?Please
help!

[Guest Ratanjali]

Hi. My house in under construction. Right now I have a staircase with 23 steps including midway landing. The material for staircase will be different than the material for 1st floor corridor where the staircase ends. (Wood n kotastone respectively. ) Since we also count the 1st floor landing in total number of steps, will using different materials mean I need to exclude it from 23 count? N treat it as 1 separate step? The staircase is inside the house in open courtyard. 

I can still modify the staircase count n material. 

[Cecil Lee]

Under symbolism, can consider different materials.

For some who need an extra step may consider an extra half-a-step at the landing. But do so at one’s own risk. In case of a trip or fall.