Ok, so my dad comes up with this idea to remove a staircase and put spiral stairs in place. I like (actually) love them) but I have two questions.

a) how the hell do people get furniture up and down these stairs??

b) how does a medium size (45 lb) dog do going up and down these stairs?

I know (b) is a little stupid... it depends on the dog, but I don't know the first things about living with these stairs.

Thanks for any input from people that have them, or know about them.

Pete

a) ...in small pieces.

b) OK, but he gets dizzy.

Try to describe a spiral staircase without using your hands.

spiral staircases are great on their looks but suck on the functionality...

as the dog get's older it is going to be very hard for him/her to go up and down those stairs...

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Had some friends many years ago with a spiral staircase up to the balcony above the living room. It sucked! I'd never want them in a house of mine.
They put a baby grand piano up there and had to bring some kind of lift in to do it. No freakin' way to take a piano up spiral staircases

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I think I remember that under some building codes a spiral staircase is only allowed as a second staircase. It would be a good idea to check the codes. Insurance may also be affected.