Radius Block Steps Flight

By Huu Khanh Nguyen · Updated October 29, 2026 · stair, curved-flight

A flight of stairs that turns on an arc, built of solid precast blocks cut to the radius, each step one block laid on a prepared bed with no stringer.

Parameters

NameDefaultUnit
Number of risers in the flight (the flight has risers - 1 blocks, the upper level is the landing)21
Riser height150mm
Radius of the inner edge of the flight in plan (the well)1000mm
Radial width of the flight, the block length1000mm
Total turn of the flight in plan180°
Direction of climb seen from aboveleft
Underlap, the rear part of a block that lies under the next block, measured on the middle radius70mm
Bed joint between a block and the block below it (z): block height = rise - joint10mm
Finishwhite
Plan angle of one stepangle / (risers - 1)°