Category Archives: Stairs

An elderly customer required a continuous handrail from the top to thebottom of a winding staircase. This was essential as they found itdifficult to let go and remain steady before grabbing the nextsection. By providing this handrail the customer can now use theupstairs rooms as they were confined essentially to the ground floor.The mopstick handrailContinue reading “Continuous Handrail.”

This Softwood Mopstick handrail with black brackets fitted to an elderly gentleman’s staircase in Southampton. As I have said in past posts none of us are getting younger. The customer gratefully informed me that having this handrail will enable him to remain in his home of 55years. He was finding it increasingly difficult to manageContinue reading “Mopstick Handrail”

The above is a boarded stair, as opposed to using spindle’s, this was popular in the 1970s and 80s. It is no longer allowed unless the gap between each board or boards and hand/base rail is less than 100mm (4”) . This regulation applies to spindles as well. The regulation prevents the potential for youngContinue reading “Stair refurbishment in Southampton”

Stiffening a stair case in lords wood Southampton. This stair case in a property in lordswood, Southampton had become springy and was creaking, the glue originally used had degraded and the wedges were loose, the joining of the treads to  the risers could have been done better, only three screws used. Most customers assume that aContinue reading “Creaking stair case”

This is a great idea for the type of small house that has no separate hallway but instead has stairs in the living room. The customer wanted somewhere for  their T.V., the usual box of tricks, and several miscellaneous electrical items associated with media. All this stuff had previously sat on a small table withContinue reading “Low-level under-stair storage”