Sorting Out My Staircase
I live on the top floor of a two story house in the sun. This is my staircase.
It needs a handrail capping off the glass. The glass is 20 mm thick.
The level bit at the top is 880 mm.
The top slope is 2640 mm long and the bottom is 1310 mm.
As everything is at all sorts of angles, I think it’ll be a nightmare to fit.
I also need a handrail on the wall.
I know that brass will be expensive, but this London mongrel doesn’t want to meet the devil through falling down the stairs. She threw me back once, so she’d probably reject me again!
The Anonymous Widower 
Capping the glass is not a difficult job for s good joiner. A hardwood rail could be routed out on the underside, slotted on to the glass, and held with a glue. Something like a silicon sealant might be sufficient. The comound mitres on the corners are not too difficult as these days joiners all have a compound mitre saw. This is a circular saw that moves up and down into the material to be cut and the vertical and horizontal angles can be set to match the measured angles from the glass. The cuts are clean and will fit together very accurately. Beech biscuits make a good method of holding the ends together using a good modern resin wood glue. Alternatively you might be happy with a small gap between the runs, which could actually look quite elegant.
Happy capping.
Comment by John Wright | December 11, 2014 |
It has to either real or fake brass.
Comment by James | December 11, 2014 |