Here are some useful hints and tips that you might wish to consider when thinking about planning, designing and building stairs for your home. We know stairs can be challenging to design, build, and install. We want to ease you through that process.

• Location is an important factor to consider when a staircase is the focal point of your home
• Balustrade heights must be set at one metre above your first floor level. Ensure you leave extra space in your open areas for the furniture.
• When possible, avoid last-minute design changes. They are more likely to happen and more expensive to make.
• If you do not have quite enough space to fit a straight flight of steps, consider using winders. This is the name given to steps that are narrower on one side to take you around a corner. If you can afford the space, using landings instead of winders is far more preferable.
• All timbers are naturally different and colour variations do occur. If you are concerned about colour variations, we recommend using species that minimize this.
• When designing and building stairs for long flights, avoid overly long flights. They can be intimidating when you’re at the top looking down. You can break up a long flight through the incorporation of landings, changes in pitch or direction.

We hope that the tips we have outlined for you here will be helpful to you if you are planning on building your own stairs. Feel free to contact our trusted bespoke staircase company in London to help you out.