The total rise is the total distance between two
different levels that will be connected, by one set of stairs. A good
example of this is the illustration below. The distance between the top
of the bottom floor and the top of the second floor will equal the
stairways total rise.
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What Is The Total Rise Used For?
The total rise measurement will be divided into equal individual risers.
For example, your total stair rise is 49 inches and you're going to have
seven risers. If we divide seven in the 49, we will come up with 7 - 7
inch risers.
Here's Another Example: You measure the distance between the top of the
bottom floor and the top of the top floor and you find out that it's 56
inches. You don't know how many risers you're going to need, because you
don't have a set of building blueprints. You need to figure the
individual staircase risers out on your own.
You can start by dividing a few numbers into 56 inches, until you arrive
at something around 7 to 7 - 1/2 inches, for each individual riser. You
quickly realize that 7 divides into 56 inches, 8 times. This would give
you an 8 inch riser.
However, an 8 inch riser is going to be uncomfortable, so you decide to
go to the next number and divide eight into 56 inches and finally arrive
at a 7 inch riser. A 7 inch individual stair riser would work perfectly
for your stairway and that's how it's done.
Measuring the total rise and dividing it into the amount of risers your
stairway is going to need is critical. Make sure that you take your time
and understand what you're measuring. This would be the time to make any
adjustments necessary, to end up with your total rise.
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