For the house layout below, if the height of the basement ceiling is 8 feet, and the stairway design is in the detail to the right, how many stair treads and risers will be needed? Hint: Draw diagrams.

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Stair construction and layout

Stair is a type of vertical transportation in a building which consist of a series of steps in a flight of stairs that enable the vertical movement of people and materials from one floor to another. A staircase consists of steps that comprises of riser & tread, handrail, baluster, stair stringers, newel post and waist slab. The construction of staircase with all the components is termed as stair construction. A staircase is an enclosure that contains the entire stairway. The materials used for the construction of stairs are bricks, reinforced cement concrete, stone, lumber, steel and a combination of these materials.