The Cranmer Project

The Cranmer Project

An example of a staircase where the complexity and expense is under estimated by its simplistic appearance. The client requested a staircase using a blend of three radii with strings 80mm thick and no visible evidence of what supported the 60mm thick Oak treads.

Although the appearance of the wide string gives a distinguished and individual look to the stairs it is expensive to manufacture as the varying radii create varying rakes to the stairs which in turn means the balustrade has to be blended to disguise the transition of the differing rake angles.

Apart from its distinctive appearance there is the practical aspect that the staircase can be turned to suite restricted environments allowing both the start and finish to more versatile