Do stairs go up or down.?

Answer 1

Not sure on the answer.. coz you already have loads... But thinking about whether stairs go up or down... People can have lots of fun going up and down on stairs!!
;-)

xx

Answer 2

Okay, I've read the answers so far and everyone is locked into the up/down concept. However, if you have ever constructed or built stairs, you know right off that stairs RISE and RUN. When stairs are designed they are designed with RISE and RUN in mind. They are computed as to their RISE and RUN. A set of stairs must transverse a distance that is computed in the horizontal and the elevation change is at an angle that will accomplish the elevation change, thus the angle is computed as the RUN. The RUN will be determined by the factors of elevation change required in the distance given. Therefore the RISE will be "X" amount of height (riser) per tread. And the tread RUN (horizontal distance) will influence how much heigth per tread (step). So, for example stairscould be a RISE of 2 inches per tread with a tread - RUN of one foot. This, as you can see would not be much of a RUN and would only be used on a very low elevation change.

Every set of stairs is a unique design. You can't go to Home Depot, for instance, and say, "I want to buy the parts for a set of stairs to go from the ground to my porch. Each stair calulation starts with a measure of the overall height that the stairs must climb, and a measure of the total horizontal RUN, distance the stairs must travel.

It's also true that some stairs work better than others. People who have studied the problem have come up with rules for designing a good set of stairs. The most common rule for stair design is that two times the rise plus the run should equal 25 inches.

The RISE of a stair design is the height of a step. Usually the ideal height of a step is said to be 7 inches, but some say that steps for outdoors have an ideal height of 6 inches, because people are more likely to be carrying a heavy load outdoors.

The RUN of a stair design is the depth of the flat portion of a step. If a stair design conforms to the ideal RISE of 7 inches, the ideal RUN would be 11 inches. That way, (7 * 2) + 11 = 25.

The problem is that the total height of the set of stairs must be divided into a whole number of steps. That will lead to a deviation from the ideal RISE.

Likewise, the RUN must also divide evenly into the total horizontal distance. This, too, will challenge the ideal relationship between the stair RISE and RUN.
So, you see by the above that stairs do not go UP or DOWN at all. They RISE and RUN. :-)

Answer 3

It all depends on where you are standing,
as to how you decide this profound question

Should you be standing ,
at the top of a flight of stairs
and wish to travel to a lower floor
you would conclude you are going
*down- the- stairs *

However ;
Should you be standing ,
at the foot of the stairs ,
intending to go to a higher floor .
you would decide ,to go
* up- the -stairs *

>^,,^<

This is a very silly answer ,
i will take the lift instead !!!

Answer 4

Well there's food for thought. So I went upstairs, and I thought right so they do go up. But when I turned around, well blow me down . The stairs were going down. I didn't know what to think. Went down again, turned around and the stairs were going up. What are you trying to do to us asking us that. I'll never sleep tonight. Thanks a lot.

Answer 5

Stairs go no where if properly installed and firmly attached . I feel for the people who do not know this and have answered that they go up or down when they do not move at all .

Answer 6

Since this question is in decorating and remodeling I will take a different approach. When you build stairs, you build them going up, not coming down.

Answer 7

If you are stood at ground level and the stairs go up to a second level then they go up.

If you are stood at ground level and the stairs go down to a basement level then they go down.

Neutral is always at ground level :) xx

Answer 8

It depends if you're at the top or bottom. if you're at the top, you'd say you are going down the stairs but if you're at the bottom you are going up the stairs.
Voila.

Answer 9

Stairs go nowhere..it is the people who move.

Answer 10

stairs don't go anywhere
they are stationary
its the person climbing who going in one direction or another