Onoff Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 minutes ago, Ferdinand said: I still don't see what a straight one would not do :-), unless it is an anti-torque / rigidity thing unique to bent staircases ! Perhaps I am as thick as the two short planks it is supporting. The technical reasoning behind the curvature is that it looks way, way cooler than everything being straight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney12 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 50 minutes ago, NSS said: It was all going so well, but one piece of glass doesn't fit as they'd not allowed for the architrave on the doorway Grinder? Sorry, I shouldn't joke I know only too well how hugely frustrating these things are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Just now, Barney12 said: Grinder? Sorry, I shouldn't joke I know only too well how hugely frustrating these things are. No joke, sort of. Many years ago me and a mate got paid to use a window cleaning cradle to lift plate glass for posh office partitions up the side of a building. It was slow going and the glass people decided they would take the small bits up the stairs. They managed to catch a corner on a wall and one of the brand new bits went BANG! They had a "waterfall" of glass come down the stairs. Give them their due they tidied up and hoovered whilst the site agent was on a tea break - he never knew! Short of one piece of glass I watched two guys lay a piece of slightly different shade glass from somewhere else on a few trestles and proceed to score it with a CIRCULAR SAW. Whether there was a diamond blade in it or something I don't know but it snapped clean as a whistle along the line. This bit went next to the wall where there were curtains and the shade difference was lost. Got a pic somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Could have been a lot worse. Glass is UK sourced where as the rest came from Italy. A few more pics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney12 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I have to say it's bloody lovely! Go on, how much? We all want to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 Not as much as you might expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) The glass and rails seem to be careful use of a standard system. Shall I take a Ferdi Flyer :-) and pin a tail on the donkey? 1-1.5k for the 13 treads which will be a standard element or process. 1-1.5k for the metalwork which may be a standard process. 1.5k for approx 10m of glass and balustrade at 150 per metre. .5k to get it here. .75k for 2 men one day to install and travel etc. .5k for the project for bits and pieces. 1k profit element for different people. 1.5k give or take for VAT. = 7-10k plus or minus a tolerance, and ignoring currency fluctuations. To front up, 8.5k. Suspect NSS has sweated the costs. IT would be tempting to find out if they had a standard model, and size my hall and landing to match. Or I could be talking out of my bottom, having not bought any similar staircase. The only element I may know are glass balustrades. Edited July 10, 2017 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney12 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 25 minutes ago, NSS said: Not as much as you might expect. Stop teasing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan52 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Very tasty indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ferdinand said: To front up, 8.5k. Let's just say you're within a couple of grand Edited July 10, 2017 by NSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) 13 minutes ago, NSS said: Let's just say your within a couple of grand Given my 7k-10k range then, that's within about 5-7%. That'll do for a guess . Edited July 10, 2017 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossek9 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 @NSS what company did you use of the stairs? We are keen for something along the same lines for our build. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz07 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 I'm late to this just read thru. Cracking looking staircase. Whether i'd put 8k into it is another thing but does look the dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSS Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 3 hours ago, Rossek9 said: @NSS what company did you use of the stairs? We are keen for something along the same lines for our build. Thanks Complete Stair Systems in Romsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossek9 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 1 hour ago, NSS said: Complete Stair Systems in Romsey Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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