I just finished up a stairway that was started late 2003. I have not been back for 6 months as this house is dragging on.
The railing is wood and currently bubble wrapped. The treads and risers are all stone.
I had to build the carriages extra strong to support all the weight. It does not wiggle in the least.
This was by far the heaviest stairway I have ever moved into a house.
This compact detatched accessory dwelling has an efficient layout with a vaulted ceiling that enhances the sense of space.
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More views of the stairway
side view of stairs and upper back balcony railing.
Unbeleivable! Outstanding!Did you do the metal work also? Was the structure steel or wood? How long to fabricate and how long to install? Any special wall blocking required? Arg, so many questions...F
Frankie: Thanks.....I have a very high end iron worker that came to my shop. We worked together getting the logisitics of having his work and my work come together in harmony. It was a challenge to say the least.
This stairs was built in my pre-tornado much smaller shop. I needed the hight ceilings that I have now.
The stringers are 17 inches wide...solid laminates and 3.25 inches thick.
Most of the time was spent in my shop. The onsite work was minimal. I know thats hard to believe...but it was nothing but a giant kit that just had to be reassembled. If you go back in the photo gallery...you can see many pictures of this stairway as it was being built.
Stan
I now recall the photos of the construction process. I will have to go back though. I do not recall the stringers being 3.25" thick and 17" wide. Holy Moly!I do understand/ appriciate the coordination you needed to have with the metal worker. But what a success! I am going back to search for the thread after dinner. Was that the thread that also showed the stairs loaded onto a flatbed? I guess I'll soon find out.Thanks for the heads up.F
Frankie: Here are some pictures of this stairway being constructed in my shop. Again,,this was before the July 13th tornado destroyed my shop. I needed that new room for this stair.
Stan
I remembered when you were building these stairs. Thought that it was going to be holding a lot of weight, I guess it was!
That's some fancy house. I cant believe the houses that are going up any more. 20 years ago who would of ever thought that something like that would be in Springfield Ill.
There is a iron works company out of the quad cites, I think there name is Boiler(sp?) they do some really fine work like that to. Not the same company is it?
When I was still back in Iowa we were building a curved stairway for a penthouse, the guy that was going to do the iron work wanted to build his stuff first and then have us make our handrail to match his iron! Oh, did I tell you that it was his first iron rail job!
Doug
Doug: The guy that did the iron work was Dean Rose from Urbana,Il.
He was born 100 years too late. Here is his website. This stairway is on the front page.
http://www.workingmetal.com
Edited 3/17/2005 6:39 am ET by Stan Foster
Edited 3/17/2005 6:39 am ET by Stan Foster
Thanks for the link Stan.
He does nice work!
Doug
Is that stairway in Springfield? Really amazing stairs. More like something you would expect in a fancy public building rather than a private home.
The metalworker does some nice work, but he really needs to redesign his webpage. jt8
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Can I venture a guess and say that the home owner is a musician? Or at least loves music????
The railings have a treble clef motif and the landing looks like a "Grand piano"
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