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Earn 10 quid.

Posted: July 28th, 2006, 11:29
by Dr. kitteny berk
Right, you are my google bitches.

i need a staircase, in the UK, with the steps made of glass, and the rest made of wood.

it needs to be straight, not homosexual, or spiral.


get on with it :)

Posted: July 28th, 2006, 11:36
by Lateralus

Posted: July 28th, 2006, 11:41
by shot2bits
http://www.ermineengineering.co.uk/cust ... rcases.htm

not quite a glass staircase but im sure they could build one

Posted: July 28th, 2006, 11:43
by amblin
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Posted: July 28th, 2006, 11:46
by Woo Elephant Yeah
Well these 3 sites seem to be recommended, however not a single one of them seems to use wooden staircases and glass steps.

It's always metal staircase, glass steps, OR wooden staircase/steps, glass panels.

These 3 come up in an article I read about installing glass steps, where the woman went onto explain that this type of work might require an architect, but obviously that would cost a lot more money.

http://www.spiralstairs.co.uk/domestic_special.htm Not relevant, but they do custom work and I have seen a "relatively" straight staircase in their images
http://www.culmax.co.uk/ Another UK based company that can do custom work, but they seem to only deal with metal & glass.
http://www.preedyglass.com/serv.html This seems like the best one, as they do glass staircases, and there are a number of images showing glass panels inset into a wooden floor. However this wouldn't be an all in one solution (which narf I don't think you will find).

Personally I would get a good carpenter in to price up making a wooden staircase (with just edges for the steps to sit on) and then speak to the 3rd option above to find out if they can make thick glass to the custom size you require (which it looks like they do).

How would the steps fix to the wood? Is there a reason wooden staircases never have glass steps?

Other than the obvious glass+metal = shiney/modern could it be some kind of building regulation that doesn't allow glass steps on wooden staircases due to the wood being able to expand, move, settle etc....?

Good luck, I'll have a little bit more fo a look, but I doubt very much if I can find anything that would warrant a tenner :lol:

Posted: July 28th, 2006, 11:54
by Woo Elephant Yeah
P.S. What effect are you after on the staircase? I assume you want it to feel open and not enclosed, hence going for glass?

There is always this sort of thing which gets the same effect and look squite dramatic if you ask me, as the glass panels are there for saftey, but the whole thing looks like it's floating.

Image

Obviously you need some pretty good walls to do this sort of thing :lol:

Posted: July 28th, 2006, 11:56
by Dr. kitteny berk
Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:P.S. What effect are you after on the staircase? I assume you want it to feel open and not enclosed, hence going for glass?

There is always this sort of thing which gets the same effect and look squite dramatic if you ask me, as the glass panels are there for saftey, but the whole thing looks like it's floating.
I honestly have no idea, my dad asked me to find some for a customer of his, i can't be arsed so i'm outsourcing and saving effort :)

Posted: July 28th, 2006, 12:26
by Fred Woogle
here, I win! *DANCES*

*edit* adds link **** ops, didn't copy it, heads back to google*

*edit* http://www.stairsolutions.co.uk/interbau_modular.htm

keep my £10 towards my beefy 5punk donation :)

Posted: July 28th, 2006, 12:32
by Dr. kitteny berk
Ty aka Sir Die Aloty wrote:here, I win! *DANCES*

*edit* adds link **** ops, didn't copy it, heads back to google*

*edit* http://www.stairsolutions.co.uk/interbau_modular.htm

keep my £10 towards my beefy 5punk donation :)
i don't see any with wood supporty things?