Forum: Stairs
October 19, 2009
Staircase Thingy
Does the thing that attaches the rail to the wall for stabilization have a name? If so where can i get one?
October 11, 2009
Mahogany Return Newel Set
Set includes newel, handrail, and ballusters. All mahogany and all stripped ready for your finish. $350.00 Email daroogle@gmail.com for more detals and pics.
October 3, 2009
Good Stair Guys?
I just had my floors sanded and refinished, and I'm now looking for a stair company. I'm just looking for a basic oak staircase with oak spindles, but definately want someone who is attentive to detail and will give me a staircase I can be proud to have in my home. Any suggestions?
October 1, 2009
Recarpet Common Stairwell
Does anyone know a good (cheap) place to buy carpeting for stairs? I'd also need it installed. It's for the common hallway, so I'm not looking for anything fancy.
September 17, 2009
Stair Part Needed
Any suggestion on where I can find a couple of these? It's used to connect the bottom of a handrail to a side wall in order to provide lateral stability. It appears to be made of forged iron. Currently, the section of the handrail that is missing the piece isn't stable. Any suggestions for a soucre either original or new, or a way to improvise would be helpful. Thanks.
August 24, 2009
Staircase "Wreath"
My dad in Maine is looking for a staircase wreath--that's the carved wooden piece that curves up and around, sometimes in place of a newel post at the bottom of stairs; often it is a two-piece carved balustrade that brings the handrailing around at the top of the stairs. Any suggestions about where to find one for a 45% angle? Thanks!
August 23, 2009
to strip or not to strip
I have a wooden bannister that seems to be stained and then finished with a shellac. some of the spindles are new and are unpainted, and the post are painted with a flood paint. I don't want to strip the whole bannister, but if I sand it and put a primer coat on it can I then paint it with an oil based paint?
July 24, 2009
Brownstone staircase repair
We are specifically looking for someone who can repair the existing staircases in our Brownstone in Parkslope from underneath the stairs as we want to maintain the overall look of the aged wood blending in with the wood floors in our house.
July 17, 2009
Bill from circular stairs
Bill came today to do is final work on my staircase for the 2 floor.
He gave me a estimate for the basement of 700.00$ for oak stair and the 1 floor 1100.00$ oak also and 2 floor stair 2700.00$ oak stair.
He did half of the job he was suppose never told me previously that the 2700.00$ do not included the placement of the balustrade to the end of the railing and that will be another 400.00$ for that.
I did got the balustrades myself at home depot.
And today i did have to paid 150.00$ extra for drilling so he can place the balustrades .
I will never recommend bill to anyone.
July 14, 2009
Interior stair repair
Our 4-story brownstone co-op's interior stairs are getting wobbly underneath the carpet. Anyone you'd recommend to do the work?