L Shaped Stairs Sims 4

• How To Create L Shaped Stairs In Sims 4
• Sims 4 Multi Level Stairs

Hey guys, I've recently been building some lots on the Sims 4. It's good fun but I wanted to take the look of the houses to the next level and create something that people would find really useful.

• The Sims 4 doesn't currently have spiral staircases. In patch 84, stairs are configurable through the use of an additional widget, which allows the player to bend a staircase in any direction, allowing for the creation of L-shaped, T-shaped, and U-shaped staircases. There is a minimum of four steps between landings, dependent on the size of the.
• 49 7/8 - 3/4 - 3/4 = 48 3/8' Figure 2 - 'L' shaped staircase landing height - allowing for finished flooring on landing. Positioning the 'L' shaped staircase landing: This landing design has been based on the situation where there are no space limitations and no obstructions.

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I started looking around for Split Level stairs which could be done quite easily in the Sims 3. In the Sims 4, they have removed the terrain tool so you can no longer raise or lower the terrain. Without the terrain tool, it's almost impossible to do proper split level stairs. I say almost because you can kind of get around it.

There are two ways to do split level stairs. There is a quick and easy way and the slightly more difficult way, I'm going to show you the easy way first.

Method One – Step One: Build A Room With Two Floors

The first step is to build a square room and then build another room on top, so you have a two-floor room. See the pictures below for an example.

Method One – Step Two: Build The Stairs

Build stairs going from the ground floor up to floor one and then build second stairs going from floor one to floor two, this looks best if you do it in the corner or against a wall.

Method One – Step Three: Delete The Floor On Floor One

The floor on floor one needs to be deleted, select the sledgehammer tool at the top and hover over the floor on floor one. It will turn yellow, click to delete it, we are then left with a hole in the floor where the stairs are.

Method One – Step Four: Fill In The Floor

The next step requires filling in the square of the floor between the two sets of stairs. Select the flat square tool under Walls & Rooms. Then make a square on separate grass and make it the correct size like the pictures below, then move the square to the spot in between the stairs. When you move the square it will delete the wall, so you will need to add wall back in on the corner of the house.

Method One – Step Five: If You Like, Add Bannister

I think split level stairs look better with railings/a bannister, this is just my personal preference but I like to add them, especially in a grand house.

A few things to note about the split level stairs in general, you are unable to see them unless you go to floor one, so this isn't the best way to do split level stairs, but it does look really nice if you are recording video on the Sims 4. Also, I would make the walls the shortest they can be, otherwise, the split level stairs will look a little bit too big.

This next method will cover doing split level stairs using the foundation technique. This is a little more tricky, but it does look really nice.

Method two: the foundation method.

How To Create L Shaped Stairs In Sims 4

Method Two – Step One: Build A Room With Foundations

This is the easiest step, build a room and make sure it has a foundation.

Method Two – Step Two: Build A Room Inside The Room

Build a second room inside your room and make it the same size as the landing area you wish to have, probably 2×2 square.

Method Two – Step Three: Delete The Floor Of The Original Room

Select the sledgehammer tool and delete the floor of the original room, the floor of the new smaller room should stay intact.

Method Two – Step Four: Make Stairs!

Make some stairs going from the bottom of the floor (the grass) going up to the new foundation. Then make a second set of stairs going from the foundation to the first floor. Delete the small sections of wall between each stair and the foundation block.

Method Two – Step Five: Delete The Stair Support/Wall

Delete the support underneath the stairs so that it looks like the stairs are floating. This makes the split level effect look even cooler in my opinion. Also, make sure to fill in the grass with the floor that you would like this room to have.

Method Two – Step Six: Add Railings/Bannister

Add a railing/Bannister to the rail if you would like, I personally think it makes the split stairs look great.

I hope that helps you make some amazing stairs and awesome lots in the Sims 4, good luck and leave any questions in the comments below. If you are looking for some sims 4 downloads then we've got just the place for you! The sims 4 seasons jungle adventure is out now, don't forget to check out our sims 4 jungle adventure beginners guide.

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Figure 1 - 'L' shaped staircase

Note: The landing must be constructed before any stair parts, such as stringers, are put in place.

Even if space isn't a factor many homeowners find an 'L' shaped staircase to be more aesthetically pleasing than a straight staircase.

From a construction standpoint an 'L' shaped staircase is two straight staircases, mounted perpendicular to one another. The landing becomes one of the stair treads, if one was building a straight staircase.

Building an 'L' shaped staircase:

In order to design the 'L' shaped staircase the first thing that must be determined is the size and height of the landing. The landing must be constructed before any stringers are put in place.

If you are not constrained by space the most appealing (and easiest to build) 'L' shaped staircase is one where the landing is halfway between the upper and lower floors, hence all of the staircase stringers will all be identical in length and cutout (making one staircase stringer provides the template for all of the staircase stringers).

The total rise, based on our example at the beginning of this section, was measured at 106 3/4' which, after calculations, equated to 14 risers and a stair rise or unit rise of 7 1/8' (see Page 1 if you need assistance calculating these numbers or values).

Calculating the finished landing height where the landing is half way between the upper and lower floors:

H No. of Risers ÷ 2 x Riser Height = Finished Landing Height

14 ÷ 2 x 7 1/8' = 49 7/8'

This is the height dimension of the finished landing. It is not the height dimension for framing the landing. In this example we have chosen to use a 3/4' plywood sub-floor and a 3/4' hardwood flooring a total of 1-1/2' above the framing as shown in Figure 2. The thickness of the sub-floor and finish material must be deducted from the 'finished landing height' in order to determine the height for framing the landing:

Finished Landing Height - Thickness of Sub-Floor - Thickness of Finish Material = Framing Height

49 7/8 - 3/4 - 3/4 = 48 3/8'

Figure 2 - 'L' shaped staircase landing height - allowing for finished flooring on landing

Positioning the 'L' shaped staircase landing:

This landing design has been based on the situation where there are no space limitations and no obstructions.

If you do not have either space limitations or obstructions, then positioning the landing is a calculation based on the number of treads to reach from the upper floor to the landing.

You know that you require seven risers to reach from the landing to the upper floor, which means you will need 6 treads (see Part 1).

You have determined that you will use a 10' tread depth, therefore the placement of the landing relative to the outside edge of the stairwell is:

J No. of Treads x Tread Depth = Distance From Outside Edge Of Stairwell

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6 x 10 = 60'

If you are using the hanger board method of attaching the staircase to the upper floor, you must add the thickness of the hanger board to this number as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3 - Calculating the position of the 'L' shaped staircase landing

The staircase from the landing to the bottom floor is constructed in the same manner as is a straight staircase.