Steel staircase

[reddal]

Hi,

 

I need to buy a staircase for a barn (there is a mezzanine floor). It needs to be fairly sturdy so I'm thinking steel would be right. The rise is 3m and I'm imagining just a single flight, no turns or anything. Probably fairly wide at about 1m.

 

Does anyone know a cost effective way to buy something like that? I could get someone local to fabricate it from scratch - but I would have thought there would be a way to buy a kit cheaper. Most of the companies I see online are about fancy expensive staircases for domestic or commercial settings. 

 

Also what kind of price should I expect to pay?

 

thanks - reddal

[Onoff]

@reddal, did I send you info on the fabrication of steel staircases? If not pm me your email address. Cheers.

[CC45]

I bought one on ebay - ex school fire escape. £550.  Spent another £500 on steel, wire, gas and spraying.  It took some time but we've ended up with metal stairs for about 1/3 of the quotes I had.  There seems to be plenty of stairs on ebay.  How good is your welding?

[reddal]

14 hours ago, CC45 said:

I bought one on ebay - ex school fire escape. £550.  Spent another £500 on steel, wire, gas and spraying.  It took some time but we've ended up with metal stairs for about 1/3 of the quotes I had.  There seems to be plenty of stairs on ebay.  How good is your welding?

 

Buying a second hand one would be a good option - but I live on an island in the middle of nowhere so shipping something huge like that would cost a fortune. I think I need a kit that comes on a pallet - or get it fabricated locally. My welding skills are non-existent :(.

 

Your numbers agree with what I was seeing - something like 2-3k seems to be what it will cost. I guess I have to compromise and look at wooden stairs instead.

[Onoff]

A barn? Inside? Has this got to pass a BCO inspection?

 

I made one for the tree house years ago. This is all that's left. Easy to make a wooden jig for your router:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then when it had all half rotted I resurrected it for the youngest and went spiral.

 

Little spare cash but a vivid imagination me!

 

 

 

 

[reddal]

6 minutes ago, Onoff said:

A barn? Inside? Has this got to pass a BCO inspection?

 

I made one for the tree house years ago.

 

 

No - it doesn't need building control. 

 

Looks good :).

[Tennentslager]

http://diometonline.co.uk/steel-staircases

 

[reddal]

4 minutes ago, Tennentslager said:

http://diometonline.co.uk/steel-staircases

 

 

Thanks - they look good. With a hand rail and 3m height they quote £2100 ex vat - which is one of the best prices I've seen so far.

 

Hmmm - dilemma - for a fraction of that I could get a timber staircase and paint it in something hard wearing. However in a farm setting its going to take some punishment so steel would be better.

[Dudda]

I'd go with the steel kit linked to above. It's hot dipped galvanized and as you're on an island I'd imagine the elements can be fairly strong and the air has a high salt content. A second hand or fabricated stairs would need to be galvanized increasing cost.