Tuesday 26 November 2013

Benefits Of Using Concrete Stairs

By Bill Duggen


Do you want to replace your traditional, cracked and unpleasant looking stairs? If it is so, here youll find a new type of stairs which will give a pleasant look to your building.

Precast concrete steps, series of stairs, are designed and produced in a plant and then supplied to the construction place where they are used. They are prepared by putting the concrete in molds, and when are used in the building, they remain hollow getting support from the walls. In recent times, companies constructing the buildings are using these methods.

And, these precast concrete steps have many benefits more than the cement steps. They main benefit of these steps is the ease they provide to the architect and manufacturer in developing and manufacturing. Mostly, the architect sets the correct proportions of the material to be used in the process and provide it in the blueprints form. But, if any change in the composition or design of the concrete steps is required, there would be a need to change the whole process, which can be time wasting. While, the design can easily be developed using a computer program in the precast stairs providing the user maximum access and independence to update the design or size before it is actually manufactured.

In cement stairs construction complex frameworks and hard work by workers is needed. In mixing the materials of cement stairs, weather also is an important factor. All these factors becomes of no value, if precast concrete steps are used. They are already made and just installed at the place where they needed. And also, these types of stairs are not much difficult to use in the buildings due to their low weights and readymade nature.

These stairs are also characterized by their stability and long lasting nature. As they are developed in the plant as individual units; they have extra strength and stability. This additional strength and stable nature make the stairs to bear the climatic changes and foot traffic. Opposite to the other types of stairs the concrete stairs are not able to shift. In case of any shift, they are easy to reset.

An issue the normal cement stairs face is cracks and gaps that becomes evident in them. Water seeps through these cracks causing damage to the stairs after freezing. In this situation; the precast concrete stairs also have an additional benefit. These stairs are smooth and joins free, doesnt allow the water and ice etc. to enter into it, providing more life to stairs.

Certainly, keeping in mind their pleasing appearance perspective, these precast concrete steps can be manufactured in several ways according to different people preferences and needs. They can also be manufactured as to show like a wood or brick etc. Customer specified designs can also be manufactured easily. Lastly, they, by default, have also the characteristic of attaching the handrails. This adds safety to the stairs as well as provides a beautiful look to the stairs.




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