| Circular Stairs
Circular stairs
come in many shapes and sizes from grand staircases and the big mansions
of the old South to the modern day track framed home where one stair man
can build two sets of staircases each day.
Your basic circular set of
stairs otherwise known as curved stairs can be made quite simply with 2
x 4 framing whereas a complicated set of circular stairs which is open
underneath the staircase could require a prefabricated shop built set of
stairs.
The shop built stairs will require days to build as to their
complicated laminated structure which requires the use of
geometry and trigonometry. The math required to figure out the tangents involved for
the stair design and the handrail are complicated and extremely
difficult. The people who build these stairs are
definitely artists in the construction business.
Circular Stair Hand Railing
Once the circular stairs are framed, you will have to build the hand
railing and this will be where we separate the professionals from the
amateurs.
These handrails can be built a couple of different ways, some hand rail
manufacturers make it easy with some slotted or grooved, sliced
handrails.
These can be bent and formed to match almost any set of stairs that
curve and make a professional out of an amateur stair builder. You can
get more information by visiting a stair hand rail manufacturers in your
area.
Another method for creating circular stair handrails would be to use
steam and this would require some extra tools and steaming equipment.
Steam bending wood can be difficult but this method is how they used to
do it in the old days. |
