{"id":358,"date":"2016-07-18T08:34:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amezz.com\/blog\/?p=358"},"modified":"2016-07-18T08:34:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:34:47","slug":"installing-mezzanines-ibc-stairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amezz.com\/blog\/installing-mezzanines-ibc-stairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation of the Mezzanine\u2019s IBC Stairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Finished<\/a>

Installed external IBC staircase<\/p><\/div>\n

Previously, I had written <\/span>a blog post<\/span><\/a> briefly discussing how to put one of our mezzanines together. It had a lot of good photos taken during the installation, so I was able to go through section by section what was done. \u00a0There was one particular area I didn\u2019t get to to over in much detail though; the stairs. \u00a0While with the previous system that I wrote about, the customer designed and fabricated their own staircase, I recently received a fantastic series of photos from the installation of another system; this time with partially installed stairs included. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"installing<\/a>

Setting up the stairs<\/p><\/div>\n

The IBC stairs for or mezzanine systems ship in knock down form and need to be installed in the field. \u00a0When installing them, you\u2019ll want to lay the stringers on the floor about 3\u2019 apart with the closed face of the stringers inward. \u00a0The diamond tread stair treads consist of a closed back riser and stair tread weldment. \u00a0Starting with the top tread and riser, you\u2019ll need to bolt the the tread to the stringer fastening it on the inside of the tread. \u00a0Only hand tighten the bolts at this time, then work your way down positioning the riser of the next tread behind the flat weldment of the nose on the tread above. \u00a0After all the treads have been attached to the stringers (hand snug) you\u2019ll need to install the bottom riser using self tapping screws. \u00a0You\u2019ll then need to hoist the stairs up to the mezzanine deck. \u00a0Making sure that the dimension from the top of the deck to the top tread is equal to the dimension between the other treads, you\u2019ll need to field drill the the attachment holes using a 9\/16\u201d drill and attach it to the mezzanine system. \u00a0You\u2019ll also need to install the top tread plate on top of the mezzanine deck closing off the riser from your first tread. \u00a0From the underside, you\u2019ll need to tighten up all the bolts and attach the risers to the back of the above tread\u2019s nose via a couple self tapping screws. \u00a0Afterwards you\u2019ll need to anchor the stairs to the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now all that\u2019s left is to finish off the handrail. \u00a0The hoops that form the 21\u201d and 36\u201d handrails and handrail extensions come already welded to the stringers. \u00a0On each of the uprights, you\u2019ll need to attach an elbow assembly via self tapping screws. \u00a0This will provide you with the saddles to support the outer 42\u201d handrail. \u00a0You\u2019ll need to take a piece of guardrail pipe for each side, and lay them flush against the saddles, fixing them in place with self tapping screws once again. \u00a0As the top line of rail will be longer than the stair run, you\u2019ll want to drop a plumb line from the bottom edge of the rail to the edge of the mezzanine deck and again to the front edge of the bottom stair tread, cutting the pipe square. \u00a0Finally, you\u2019ll need to install a plastic plug cap in the openings of the top rail to finish it off. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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