The bright and stylish part of the country house is, of course, ladder. Except decorative function, the Ladder has to be, first of all, strong, functional, convenient and reliable and, it is desirable, to possess decorative function - to decorate the room. To choose that design which will conform to all your requirements it is necessary to understand, first of all, what types of ladders and from what materials happen. And in what one type of ladders differs from another and that it is better: to make ladder to order or to establish already ready.
Types of ladders
Perhaps, to you as it is absolutely unimportant to house owner to know the correct name of any given type of ladders. Nevertheless, knowing all range and distinctive features, it is much easier to orient what option will be suitable for your giving. So, there are internal and external staircases, and also ladders stationary, transformed and figurative, but you should not forget also about mid-flight, and screw options of designs.
External staircases, as a rule, make from very strong materials resistant to any mechanical damages and bad weather patterns. It can be metal, concrete, granite, sometimes tree. For production of internal ladders it is accepted to use tree too, but more expensive breeds, for example, oak. In case the ladder performs only decorative functions, then it can be made of more fragile materials: glasses or plasticity.
Stationary ladders are allocated with durability and reliability, but, unlike the figurative and transformed ladders, demand a lot of free space. For this reason the stationary ladder is not suitable for small-sized rooms where it is necessary to save each square meter. If there is task – to economically use the available free space then it is better to get portable ladder which can be used only if necessary. It can be made independently at home, for this purpose it is not necessary to study joiner's skill thoroughly. When it is about attic-floor rooms or cellars, it is better to equip them with the transformed ladders which can compactly clean up for that time while they are not used. Advantages here that they do not need to be transferred and do not need to be equipped the special place for storage. The transformed ladders are steady and practical. If your giving has several floors, then figurative ladder design in this case to you will not approach. Therefore it is necessary to think over option of beautiful and reliable stationary ladder on which will rise conveniently and safely by the second floor. At the shortage of free space the compact screw design which is less convenient in use will serve as ideal option, but is good decoration of any country interior.
The stationary ladder, first of all, has to be safe and functional if you should transfer on it something bulky and heavy.
Materials for production of ladders
As material from which make stationary ladders all designs can be separated on: metal, concrete, wooden and combined. The graceful and respectable ladder on the second floor can be made of tree. Natural and warm material will give to country interior special charm and will help to create the atmosphere of cosiness, and the strong wooden bar will provide to design reliability. But it should be noted that to make beautiful wooden ladder independently – occupation labor-consuming. Here it is possible to use one of options: to buy already ready ladder, or to make the individual sketch and to address to the company which specializes in production of wood structures of various type. Production to order will be slightly more expensive, but the ladder will precisely conform to all your requirements, wishes and the sizes. This factor is important if you appreciate the forces and time. The main advantage of tree is that it allows to realize various functional and decorative elements which do ladder graceful and unique. The ladder from metal will become strong and reliable option also. Metal can be used as for production of all design or only for production of its separate parts and decorative elements. It is possible to create individual and very original design, combining metal with other materials, for example, using glass, plastic, tree or marble. It will be very original to look stainless steel. Material is not subject to abrasion and is very resistant to mechanical loadings. Exclusively and individually spiral metal staircases look. The only shortcoming is that designs demand certain attentiveness and skill at circulation up and down. Therefore ladders of screw type are considered as less convenient in operation. But thanks to the spiral form this option helps to save space, strikes with the smooth bends and does not turn the general interior of the room into something ridiculous. It is necessary to tell several words and about such material as stone. The stone ladder demands the special room and attentive approach to the design project, has the style and character. Therefore it is a match for brick big cottage, but not giving more. The combined ladder option where steps are issued by mosaic material perfectly will be suitable for small country house.
The good decision for registration of ladder is ceramics. In this case it is possible to issue floor and steps in uniform style.
Thinking over design of ladder, do not forget that it is possible to combine even various ways of fastening of steps, and not just various materials. And that the ladder looked integral part of interior, it needs to be lit correctly, thereby having emphasized smooth lines and original decorative elements.