Rope staircase: brief description and methods of manufacturing

The times of sailing ships and piracy have long been riveted in the summer, but one of the attributes of that era remained and is still used. This is a rope staircase. Such a device is useful in the household - it can be descended even in the deepest and bottlenecks. The staircase does not take a lot of space in the garage or house. And they love to climb children - it is not only interesting for them, but also very useful. If this is useful, then young parents should be founded how the rope staircase is done with their own hands.

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The design is a flexible staircase made of rope and wood bars as steps. Instead of a wooden rail, you can also apply pipes from metal and plastic. Ropes for stairs are made mainly from synthetic materials, but natural items are found.

The design is different from wooden or iron solutions with low weight - the product is practically weightless, and even a small child can easily raise it. Further, the compact staircase - in folded form, it can be stored in the economic premises at the cottage, in the apartment, it will fit without problems on the mezzanine. You can make a design even with your own hands from the girlfriend.

The stairs of such a plan possess other qualities is reliability, durability, high maintainability.

The product is based on a braided cord from natural or synthetic materials. The diameter of the cord should be at least 15 mm. The strength of the cord on the gap should be at least 300 kg for every 10 mm sections. If the staircase is used in fire extinguishing and for helping in extreme situations and man-made catastrophes, then the cord is spoiled by non-flammable to make the product of fire resistance.

Abroad in the production of stairs use a metallized composition for spraying by a plasma-ion method. The cord must be made of special fibers. In domestic products, the spraying formally does not attach any special properties to the stairs.

The length of the cord due to the peculiarities of production is twice the length of the finished staircase. Between the indigenous cords there is a distance - it can range from 320 to 400 mm. Between the steps, the step is usually from 220 to 250 mm and it is better not to exceed this value.

Materials steps are different - they can be rope or wooden. Tree mainly choose solid rocks (beech, ash, oak).

To give wood resistance to atmospheric influence, polyurethane varnish are applied to each of the steps. In a separate case, stainless steel, aluminum alloys, composite materials and plastic are used as steps.

Where rope ladders are used

For a long time, these products have been an important and indispensable attribute of sailing ships. As the area of ​​sailing equipment of ships grew, the number of rope ladders for servicing the vessel grew. Two types of stairs were installed on the sailboats - these are guys and storm ladders. Such rope ladies can be seen in old films.

The guys were a solid set staircase. They served not only to climb the masts and rei for service. They were used for the liberation of structures on the mast and for increasing the height of the mast. One of the varieties of VANT was single stairs.

The storm-ladder is a staircase, the function of which to ensure the possibility of lifting on board the vessel from the rowing department. Feature of these structures in wooden steps for greater stability.

With the end of the era of the sailing fleet, the rope staircase did not lose the relevance. In the time of the knights, these structures were used as compact and small means to overcome various vertical obstacles. We used the rope staircase and in order to courting the ladies - the man was supposed to make a lot of feats for his lady.

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To get in the dark day to your lover, the knight used a pocket rope, or rather, a silk staircase for hitting a house or a castle. And then the rope staircase became popular in Russia - it was manufactured and bought for the needs of fire teams.

Let certain functions and managed to go into the past, but the rope stairs are used for a variety of needs:

• This is an indispensable adaptation on ships, where there are necessarily a storm-ladder for emergency landing of passengers in the boat.

• No self-respecting climber will go to conquer Elbrus or Kazbek without such a ladder.

• We need products and as a rescue - they have already long been adopted by the services of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the evacuation of people in the event of any disaster.

• Where it is not possible to apply a ladder, and this is the situation when you need to go down into a deep and cramped well, rope ladders come to the rescue.

• If there are children in the family, the children's suspension staircase will become an interesting toy and an excellent sports simulator.

• Rope ladders remain and indispensable for people with disabilities. Products help me to go from a lying position in a sedentary.

And let such stairs are not intended for use "for every day", as they are not able to replace marching structures, but a number of undoubted advantages, judging by the areas of use they have. This is low weight, compactness, multifunctionality, the possibility of manufacture with your own hands.

Finished stairs

In the modern market, the choice of finished products is small - it is predominantly special rescue stairs, tourist and children's options. Industry has long mastered the production of a wide range of rope stairs to solve a variety of tasks. And the stairs have different characteristics, one of the main things is the length.

The most popular and running models have a length of 4, 5, 6, 10, 12 meters. These solutions overlap the basic height range. But the models are also presented with a length of 15, 18, 20, 30 meters. Thirty-meter stairs are used primarily for evacuation in the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

You can highlight the main types of products manufactured by the modern industry:

• LAN is a rope rescue staircase. It is equipped with a bag for storing and transporting the product. The length is from 6 to 30 m. Various manufacturers are offered to acquire ready-made models with a long, multiple meter.

• LANS is also a rescue staircase, but equipped with a chain. The kit also has a bag. The length is from 6 to 30 m. At the length of 100-120 cm, the upper part of the structure is equipped with a chain of high-oiled strength chain. This type of stairs is very popular in industrial mountaineering.

What material to make a staircase

If it is decided to make the staircase with your own hands, then you should be aware of the choice of materials. Most instructions indicate that there is enough solid rope. However, experts recommend synthetic nylon, Capron, Loven. These are durable and durable, as well as practical materials.

If you need to make a "Swedish" wall, then the ropes are better to pick up the type x \ b. If the child's room is in the marine style, natural material is needed here - flax or cannabis.

Depending on the scope of application and pick materials. Rescue products for firefighters are made of non-combustible raw materials. Models for climbers must be durable and compact. The children's model can be made, depending on personal preferences and what is in stock.

Steps can be made of wood, metal plastic. You can apply even a stalk from the shovel. Sometimes the ladder and does not have steps at all, but instead of them knots or loops.

Methods of manufacturing [Step-by-step instruction]

Let's try to build a universal design that will be useful for solving any tasks. In order to collect the product with your own hands, you will need two polypropylene or nylon ropes - 20 meters of each piece. Polypropylene is durable, not stretched, does not lose properties during wetting.

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The rope in diameter should not be too thin, otherwise the product will cut your hands, and the strength will decrease. The optimal size is 8 mm and more. The length is selected, given the method of fastening the steps. The length of the finished product will be half, and sometimes a quarter of the initial length of the rope.

The crossbar can be made of cuttings from the shovel. They are sold in any stores and they are very easy to buy. The diameter of the cuttings is about 3 cm, and the length is 140 cm. If it is a children's ladder, then buy cuttings from robelle, they are made thinner. But it may be necessary to refine the cuttings - make it round.

The next set of tools will be needed: hacksaw, knife, fine-grained sandpaper, and thick thread. The whole process is as follows:

1. The first thing cut cuttings. The length of each cutter should be about 30 cm. Approximately 25 pieces. Next, after cutting, a length of 1 m long remains. It will be needed for fixing the design on the wall or anywhere. Each cut of the cutter grind the sandpaper to the perfect smooth surface.

2. So that the nodes do not slide, the edges of the steps must have slits. The depth is approximately 3-5 mm, and the width is 15 mm. For this, every step is marked - they make ring rods at a distance of 1.5 cm from each other. Then the grooves make a knife. In order to increase the shelf life, the steps should be treated with various protective compositions. But the surface should be not slippery.

3. Next should prepare a rope. Slices of the desired length are cut from the meka. So that the rope does not break, the ends melt. For greater reliability, every end is wrapped in thick thread. On one side of each piece knit a loop - its diameter should be about 6 cm. Such loops are needed to comfortably hang the product to any place.

4. Next lay out the steps. If the staircase is intended for an adult, then the distance between the steps makes no more than 45 cm. If this is a product for children, then the distance is reduced to 30 cm. The steps must be put in parallel relative to each other at the same distance between them.

5. Complete the assembly of the stairs in the same way as they started. For this, at the ends of the rope, we make similar loops as early. If the rope was too long, it needs to be corrected.

Binding rope around steps

In order for the staircase to be comfortable and sufficiently strong, and its steps were securely secured, recommended to knit the "Constrictor" node. It allows you to easily independently make the staircase without the need to drill holes in each stage for the rope. In the photo below, it is shown in detail how to link this node, although it is pretty simple.

Thus, all the steps are connected. At the ends of each rope tie loops. If you knit nodes correctly, then a 11-meter durable and reliable design that will easily endure one person.

On video: how to tie a "Constrictor" node.

Crossbar with through holes

This is a more difficult solution in the manufacture. It is difficult that the rope will pass through the holes made in the steps. You do not need to knit nodes, but you will have to drill each crossbar. You will need rectangular bars. Rope can be replaced by nylon.

All work consists of the following steps:

1. Drill near the edge on bars drilled holes. The diameter of the drill must be a little more than the thickness of the rope. Sharp edges are processed by emery, like the entire bar. If necessary, the steps are painted paint.

2. The rope is prepared by the same technology as in the first embodiment - first cut off with a hot knife, then the ends are treated and wrapped with thick thread. Next, the "eight" nodes are made at the ends.

3. The assembly needs to start with the last (bottom) stage. To do this, first skip the cable cord through the holes in the crossbar.

4. The rope is perfectly tensioned so that the node securely fixed the stage and strengthened. It is important that the crossbar is in the right position from two ends.

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5. One node that will perform an obstacle to the slip level is not enough. The crossbar still needs to be covered with the same cord. For this, two loops are first taken as shown in the photo.

6. Now it remains to combine two loops in one, looking one through the other and pulling the end of the cord. As a result, it turns out the girth of the crossbar, so the step will be secured more reliable.

7. With the first step finished. Now it remains to repeat the entire process with the rest of the bars. The main thing is not to forget before each crossbar to do the "eight" knot for fixing the step.

Before starting to operate such a staircase, it is better to test it. It must withstand a lot of weight, reliably perform its function, be safe for the child. Children in the active game can get injuries if the product is not enough to meet the requirements.

Cable ladder without crossbad

When there is little time, it makes no sense to build a design of the first two options. Let's see how to make a rope staircase without wooden crossbars. You must associate the rope by special nodes. This product in the presence of knitting skills will be durable and reliable.

In this case, two ropes of different colors are represented in the photo. This will allow you to better understand exactly how to tie nodes. Step-by-step instruction looks like this:

1. Both ropes need to be decomposed on the surface. The second (red in the photo) is in the form of an English letter S. It is important to leave free ends in one meter long - it will be the top of the stairs.

2. Now skip the second rope through the resulting loops of the first cord as it is shown in the photo.

3. Now we start wrapping the "improvised step". It is necessary to do this with tensioning so that the rope is fixed close. After several turns, the end of the cord needs to be shunken through the resulting loop.

4. Now put the letter S rope, which is blue, and repeat the same operation with red. Do not forget to hold free ends well.

5. In the same way, you need to do all the steps. The length of the staircase directly depends on the length of the ropes themselves and the number of turns that have been tightlying the nodes.

The so-called "Burlats" loops are especially popular. Their feature and the advantage is that the result is not nodes, but the loops. They are very convenient to insert the leg. Unleash the loop is also convenient, as tied. The rope does not deteriorate.

Run the "Burlats" loop is simple. First, the rope twice twisted - the figure of the eight type should turn out. The second lower part is stretched, and the top of the eight is stretched inside the circle. Next, the node is tightened.

On video: how to tie a rope staircase.

Railing (equipped with a rope)

This is a very unusual and interesting solution that requires a competent approach at the project development stages. This decor will not be able to use for the ready-made staircase. To create a railing from a rope, special balusters are needed - they are distinguished by the presence of holes for the rope. Tightly stretched ropes will not only be a good support, but also become an original interior decoration.

A good way of decoration is to wind up every baluster with a rope. A special texture and similarity with the nautical theme will help create an interesting unique atmosphere.

Traditional handrail can be replaced by the rope stretched. To succeed successfully, you need to position the fastener. It is enough to install several fastening elements so that the rope is not provis. In this case, the node will not bear any functional load, and will perform a decorative function.

With this article, everyone can now find out how to make rope stairs with their own hands. This will help to take active children, attract them to sports and exercise, the staircase is indispensable in the household. Perhaps both full copy of the methods of manufacturing and their refinement - interesting projects may turn out.

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