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HANDRAILS
If you decide you’d like to upgrade your handrials with a new StairFurb handrail system, there are two choices:
Untreated American Oak
Brushed Stainless Steel
All handrail options are 42.4mm diameter and come in maximum lengths of 4m. The handrails are supplied pre cut to the required length and fitted with our brushed stainless steel handrail brackets (seen below).
Stairfurb untreated oak is a natural product and will require treatment prior to installation, including sanding and coating with a suitable wood finish product.
All long Oak handrails will be bent to lesser or greater extends, you’ll very rarely get a fully flat, straight one when free-standing. We can only guarantee fit for purpose, not straight. If they can push down to the floor with minimum force then that will be deemed as fit for purpose as brackets will pull them straight. It’s only where there is a severe kink that they may be rejected as not being fit for purpose.
If ordering oak products from us, please see our oak information guide for advice on storage and treatment
GLASS
Our StairFurb glass is all bespoke cut and specifically designed for internal use. All our glass is:
8mm thick
Polished edges
Radius corners
Toughened
The longest any one panel can be is 1100mm, due to building regulations. We allow 25mm horizontal space between newel post or wall and the glass and between each panel of glass. We also allow approximately 16mm vertical space above and below the glass, which is to allow space for clamps.
Radius corners are done to BSEN 12150 required standards. Each panel is subtly laser etched on one edge with Kite Mark to BSEN12150, to prove that it is made to building regulation requirements.
HANDRAIL BRACKETS
All of our handrail brackets are made from 304 grade brushed stainless steel. We have three handrail brackets which we use in our systems
Type A/C newel post fixing brackets. These are used for landing sections.The fixing plate for these are 65 x 95mm
90 degree joining bracket. We have a brackets which joins two handrails together at 90 degrees.
Pivot Bracket. This is used for all angled staircase sections. It has an 65 x 100mm fixing plate, so a newel post of at least 65mm wide is required.
GLASS CLAMPS
Our StairFurb glass clamps are specifically designed to fit with our 8mm glass panels. They are fitted to the underside of the handrail and the top of the base rail. If you order your system with handrails, then it will come with the curved back glass clamps already fitted. All other clamps will be supplied as flat backed clamps, for you to fit. Our clamps are constructed from cast 304 grade brushed stainless steel and the dimensions are 27mm x 40mm x 50mm
BASERAILS
If you decide you’d like to upgrade your baserails with a new StairFurb handrail system, there are two choices:
Pine
Oak
We have untreated American Oak base rail capping available. If when you remove your spindles, you’re left with a damaged stringer, you can opt to fill the damage and paint over, or cover it with a nice oak rail capping. Our capping is 63mm wide and 28mm deep.
Stairfurb untreated oak is a natural product and will require treatment prior to installation, including sanding and coating with a suitable wood finish product.
If ordering oak products from us, please see our oak information guide for advice on storage and treatment.
We have untreated Pine baserail available. If when you remove your spindles, you’re left with a damaged stringer, you can opt to fill the damage and paint over, or cover it with a nice pine baserail. Our baserail is 67mm wide and 22mm high with shaped edges.
NEWEL POSTS
If your existing newel posts are too thin, or are shaped (a bit like a chess piece), you may decide you want to replace the newel posts. We sell newel posts in either solid Oak, or solid Pine. The standard widths of the posts are 90x90mm but we may be able to provide other custom widths if required. If you do require a custom width post, please contact our sales team for a custom quotation for these. The length of the posts vary, based on the style so please check the length on the product pages.
There are three types of newel post available, and each of these can be ordered in Oak or Pine:
Straight Newel Posts. If are building a new staircase from scratch or intend to remove the full newel post (including full stump), you may wish to order a straight newel post to replace it. These posts do not come with any kind of fixing components.
Spigot Newel Posts. In most cases people will have existing posts that have a square stump. The Spigot Newel posts are designed to be fitted on top of the existing stump. These posts come with a 50mm diameter dowel which can be fitted and glued into a hole drilled in stump.
Half Posts. Half posts are usually used against a wall at the end of a landing section. These posts a 90mm wide and 45mm deep and usually 1000mm tall.
Please note that if you will be ordering newel posts and they are of a different width/depth to your existing posts, you will need to consider the impact they will have on the handrail lengths. The handrail lengths you provide should be the length with the new posts fitted.
Fitting newel posts does require some carpentry skill and we would strongly advise hiring a professional to fit new posts.