Saturday, March 31, 2012

Standing out by Blending in


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In documenting the process and components of our installations, we hope to improve the experience of every Acadia Stair owner and impart a little of the joy we find in the architecture and design of every stair we produce.

Thank you and enjoy.








Fabrication
Here are some pictures of a curved stair we completed recently. It is an exterior steel stair with custom grating treads and decorative riser space limiters. The handrail was made to match an existing railing.

The existing railing’s balusters were attached to the top & bottom rails with rivets. We welded the balusters to the top & bottom rail and welded on rivet heads to complete the look.



Installation
The stair was painted Sundried Tomato to match the existing window frames and house trim. The upper landing’s shape guaranteed the walk space to be more than 36” for better traffic pattern, and set up the curve of the stair to conform to the lower stone landing area.



We worked with the client to make this stair do a few seemingly opposing things:
  • Stand out as an architectural focal point.
  • Blend in with the existing structure.
The clients’ vision was to have a stair with the feel of old world metal works that could take center stage along side the natural setting of plants, stone and water.

We are currently making a custom bar grating platform for the lower landing area. This grating landing is made out of heavy steel bars and will be painted black so that, by walking over it, one will experience the maximum visual impact of the water and fish below.

Standing back to admire the results.
Come back soon for images of the finished landing!

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