Here is a completed mildsteel staircase with timber treads and glass and stainless steel balustrades to the feature staircase and landing area.

The mildsteel centre spine adds enormous strength to the stairs and eliminates the need for stringers. The stainless steel handrails and balustrades are polished to 240 grit finish and all welds are polished or where possible hidden altogether.
On this particular project a simple curve was incorporated to the last few steps which makes a simple stairs look great.

Regards,
Martin.

As I indicated earlier, we are currently installing a feature staircase in a home. The stairs is manufactured from 304 grade satin polished to 240 grit finish stainless steel stringers complete with glass treads and balustrades. We have managed to install the stairs without the use of glass fixings, spider brackets, patch fittings etc. This project is bolt free. We are using a product called CT1 clear adhesive which has allowed us to bond the glass treads into polished stainless steel fabricated brackets. This is a perfect example of architectural metalwork where our client allowed us to design a working stairs which is a real feature in the home.

We got the glass balustrades manufactured in large panels to go from the first flight, pass by the landing and up to the second flight. This minimised the gap required in the well at the half landing.

The stringers are fabricated in our workshop and polished to 24o grit satin finish.

The installation takes some time as the centre glass panel weights over 320 kgs and is rather difficult to get into place. We manufactured a special lifting frame to handle it.

The adhesive needs to be left for over 24 hours before the cleaning process can begin.

The site crew are more than qualified metal fabricators, they need to have knowledge of glass handling, adhesive applications and cleaning processes in order to complete the glass stairs as it was designed.

By using a single glass panel to guard both flights of stairs we managed to reduce the well gap in the half landing from at least 200mm down to 45mm. This allowed us to maximise the width of the flights and so providing a far more comfortable staircase.

I will have the completed photos shortly.

Regards,
Martin.

We now have the fabrication element of the feature stainless steel and glass staircase complete. We have the toughened and laminated glass treads and balustrades ordered and we are heading to site for the installation in a few days.

Site installation has begun and so far so good. The satin polished stainless steel stringers have been fixed into place and the toughened glass panels are being installed. We also have installed the laminated glass stairs treads. We are using clear CT1 to fix the steps into place.

I will keep you posted as we progress.

Martin.