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[Silfurdreki]

I'm a hollow glass island to be suspended in the artificial lake I'm building. The 'island' is 2 z-levels high, which makes me have to use stairs.

Now, to the critical point, will up stairs on the lowest level also act as floors, or will they let water through from the bottom? If they do, the whole thing will flood, and since you can't build stairs on constructed floors, ther's no other way.

Please tell me they work as floors 

[betamax]

Yes, up stairs are floors. Up/down stairs are not.

[Awayfarer]

I'm a hollow glass island to be suspended in the artificial lake I'm building.

You are!? Well thats super. 

Now, to the critical point, will up stairs on the lowest level also act as floors, or will they let water through from the bottom? If they do, the whole thing will flood, and since you can't build stairs on constructed floors, ther's no other way.

Please tell me they work as floors 

Not 100% sure I understand how you're constructing this. Do you maybe have some pics or a diagram?

[Silfurdreki]

I'm a hollow glass island to be suspended in the artificial lake I'm building.

You are!? Well thats super. 

Now, to the critical point, will up stairs on the lowest level also act as floors, or will they let water through from the bottom? If they do, the whole thing will flood, and since you can't build stairs on constructed floors, ther's no other way.

Please tell me they work as floors 

Not 100% sure I understand how you're constructing this. Do you maybe have some pics or a diagram?

 I accidentally the whole word constructed! 

Anyway, here's a rough diagram:

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_________
W    | X |    W
W    | X |    W
W    |_U_|    W
W             W
W_____________W

W = lake wall
| = 'island' wall
_ = floor
U = up stair
X = up/down stair

The plan is to have water around the 'island', but if the up stairs at the bottom allow water to pass through from underneath it will be flooded due to water pressure.

Hope that's clearer.

[Shakma]

You could always build a wall below the upstairs.

[Silfurdreki]

You could always build a wall below the upstairs.

I could, but it wouldn't look very good, and I want it to look good. 

[Shakma]

I think it would look fine if you made all the bottom floors as wall tops.  I'd just be like a really thick glass floor.

[ZeroGravitas]

You could always build a wall below the upstairs.

he doesn't need to. an Up Stairs (<) counts as floor.