# Do you have stairs in your house?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 30, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486 "2003-10-30T18:04:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Crivens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crivens)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/1 "2003-10-30T18:04:50Z")
Just wondering…
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/2 "2003-10-30T18:08:02Z")
No - not _in_ the house. There are stairs outside going from the deck to the yard, where the entrance to the basement is.
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### Author:  [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/3 "2003-10-30T18:09:00Z")
Ayup. I absolutely loathe going up and down stairs, and yet we just purchased a 3-story townhouse. Ah well, I guess the excercise will be good for me, as long as my knees hold up…
Barry
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/4 "2003-10-30T18:21:13Z")
Yes. Circular stair to basement. Steps up to both front and back doors. Front lower than back. Back steps just three. Front steps fourteen. Circular stair inside is just a smallish (in diameter) metal one. Nothing fancy, but takes up minimal floor space both up and down.
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### Author:  [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/5 "2003-10-30T18:26:02Z")
I am protected.
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### Author:  [@Crivens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crivens)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/6 "2003-10-30T18:59:10Z")
😃
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### Author:  [@Crivens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crivens)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/7 "2003-10-30T19:00:58Z")
Bad mommy!
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### Author:  [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/8 "2003-10-30T19:04:05Z")
We have steps up to the porches, and stairs down to the basement.
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### Author:  [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/9 "2003-10-30T19:07:45Z")
I have cellar stairs and stair to the second floor. The stairs to the second floor are uneven in height and people who aren’t used to them tend to stumble.
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### Author:  [@Gorgonzola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgonzola)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/10 "2003-10-30T19:09:49Z")
Circular staircase in the middle of the house, with thirteen steps going up and thirteen down. Makes an eye-shape when you look down from the top. All feng shuied out.
Why?
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### Author:  [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/11 "2003-10-30T19:15:10Z")
I agree, “Why?”
But, to answer your question, we live in a tri-level so it’s half a flight up to the upstairs bedroom level & half a flight down to the lower family-room level. There’s steps off the back deck and one step to the front-door from the walkway.
(Two steps down into the garage to be really anal…)
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### Author:  [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/12 "2003-10-30T19:21:23Z")
No steps outside - what was 1 step is now a ramp. 😃
1 step into garage or den - both areas rarely used.
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### Author:  [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/13 "2003-10-30T19:33:25Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Crivens \*
> \*\*Bad mommy! \*\*
Very bad 😛
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### Author:  [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/14 "2003-10-30T19:42:28Z")
Sure do.
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### Author:  [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/15 "2003-10-30T20:06:43Z")
I could respond the way I’m supposed to respond, but then how could we keep the password protected?
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### Author:  [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/16 "2003-10-30T20:11:58Z")
Fake edit: Heretic. F’in Newbie. Sup.
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### Author:  [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/17 "2003-10-30T20:17:53Z")
I live in a two-story townhouse, so yeah, I have stairs. They’re at a fairly low slope (about 35°), so the climb isn’t as hard as it might be on other stairs. They’re the “open” kind of stairs, that is, no vertical slats in between each step. I’ve never thought to count the number of steps, and I’m not home right now to count them, but it seems there are probably 13-14 steps, not counting the landings.
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### Author:  [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/18 "2003-10-30T20:33:04Z")
Do not listen to **Crivens**. He is [defective.](http://www.jonathonrobinson.com/3.0/web/webtsos.html) 😛
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### Author:  [@Crivens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crivens)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/19 "2003-10-30T21:33:37Z")
\*\*Hyperjes[/], you spoilt all my fun…
edit: **heresiarch** , im very newbie. Still lurking, I hear its _very_ easy to get banned…
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### Author:  [@Crivens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crivens)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-stairs-in-your-house/210486/20 "2003-10-30T21:36:53Z")
…but at least you can edit your messages, to fix things like stupid codeing mistakes!
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