Oak and Glass Staircase Required

Adrian, and his wife, Pam, were looking to update the stairs and landing area in their property in a village near Thirsk, in North Yorkshire.

Their existing pine staircase, complete with turned spindles, and acorn newel posts had a glossy, 'orange' tone, which they wanted to streamline. The 6 panel, pine doors on the landing also needed replacing.

They wanted to keep the carpet to the stairs and landing.

The staircase is a major part of the home. In this large hallway, the staircase contains a number of sections.

The first 3 steps lead to a landing and then a 90° turn leads up 5 more steps to another landing. Another 90° turn leads up 3 more steps on to the first floor landing. An open mezzanine area runs around the upstairs hallway so it is a lovely light filled open space.

After discussing various options, it was decided to replace the relevant parts of the staircase, and cover the newel posts.

The 'strings' of the original staircase were to be kept in situ and painted white to give a light and airy feel.

After manufacture of the oak and glass staircase the installation team arrived to replace and cover!

The newels were "covered" in oak by Oak By Design's Installation Manager, Andrew "Billy" Whitmore. The existing newels are effectively wrapped in 4 pieces of kiln-dried oak and mitre jointed together to create the look of solid timber newels.

Glass replaced the turned spindles on the balustrades.

A new base rail holds the glass panes in place, complete with a square shaped handrail that slots over the top of the glass. This has created a really sleek look.

The glass on the long run of the first floor landing is in 3 pieces.

There are a number of requirements regarding the space in between spindles and glass panes on stairs. A 100mm sphere should not be able to pass between the gap, so the maximum space is 99mm. On this particular staircase the gap is approx.. 50mm.

The glass has to be safety glass, toughened, at a minimum of 6mm thick. The thicker the glass, the more substantial it looks. 10mm thick is a very good solid thickness.

The replacement engineered oak doors give a contemporary feel to the landing, along with chrome door handles.

The light oak stairs, the glass balustrades, and white painted strings, along with the new doors, have created a light and airy staircase with a modern feel to it.

The oak was all finished with an Osmo Polyx Oil in Raw. . This is a very light, natural finish.

You can see the photo's below which show the original pine staircase and panel doors.