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December 5, 2007
Staircase Help!
We're about to start a renovation and I need to track down a semi-cheap version of this staircase (for the parlor to cellar staircase).
We're really trying to avoid the cheap pine Home Depot pre-fab staircase look.
Are there relatively inexpensive versions of the wood "open-tread" with metal sides design?
Thanks in advance for any help. Here is a link to a listing that has a similar staircase in case my picture doesn't load.
http://brooklynproperties.com/house189.htm
Comments
I recently had an interior wood stair installed by NE&WS of Maspeth. In addtion to the wood shop they have a metal shop as well and do a lot of wood/metal combination stairs. The web site has an extensive gallery of completed projects but they will fabricate in any style.
Posted by: cm at December 5, 2007 12:20 PM
Those is ugly stairs.
Posted by: guest at December 5, 2007 1:17 PM
no 1:17, you be ugly, not stairs.
Posted by: guest at December 5, 2007 1:31 PM
Easy people, helpful comments only please.
Thanks "cm" … I'll give them a call.
By way of explanation, this is for a cellar staircase in a below grade unfinished basement so we're not necessarily going for style points here, just open tread and functional.
Posted by: Mr Joist at December 5, 2007 1:54 PM
I would think any competent iron worker in Brooklyn could fabricate this staircase. Simple brackets could be designed to fasten the wood treads to the metal in a visually pleasing manner. The railing looks easy enough. Just ask for cold rolled steel and not their common stock, hot extruded crap. Cold rolled has clean crisp square edges.
Posted by: guest at December 5, 2007 3:12 PM
the kind of staircase pictured is pretty pricey, even for any ol' iron worker in brooklyn.
Posted by: guest at December 5, 2007 5:32 PM
do a search for "metal stringers"
or you could look at modular stair kits, but they have a different look
Posted by: guest at December 7, 2007 12:19 PM
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