Waist Slab Flight

By Huu Khanh Nguyen · Updated October 28, 2026 · stair, flight

Waist Slab Flight

A cast concrete flight of stairs, one solid body whose steps sit on a sloping slab.

Parameters

NameDefaultUnit
Number of risers in the flight (the lower floor and the upper level count as floor, so the flight has risers - 1 treads)12
Riser height150mm
Going, nosing to nosing (y)280mm
Clear width of the flight (x)1600mm
Nosing overhang beyond the riser face (y)25mm
Waist thickness, measured perpendicular to the slope to the inner corner of riser and tread120mm
Bearing on the upper level, from the riser line to the end face (y)110mm
Finishwhite
Width (x)widthmm
Height of the upper level above the lower floor (z)risers * risemm