Orange Stair & Millwork, Inc.
Design and Materials
Designing Your Staircase
1. Is your stair open tread or closed tread system (low, knee or curb wall)
Determine which type of staircase you have or would like to have.
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2. Select the Style of Balustrade
"Post to Post", "Over the Post" or a "Hybrid" Rail System. All systems can be used with an open tread stair or a closed tread stair system.
Note: Hybrid System is a combination of the "Post to Post" System and an "Over the Post" System.
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3. Choose a Style from Our Overview of Styles Below
Select from Newels (turned or square) and Balusters (turned, square, or iron). Turned balusters are available in pin-top or square-top style.
Note: It is common to use Turned Newels with turned or iron balusters. Square Newels with square, turned or iron balusters.
Newels and Balusters - Turned
Newel sizes: 3" or 3-1/2" Diameter (larger sizes available - custom order)
Baluster sizes: 1 1/4" or 1 3/4" Diameter (other sizes available - custom order)
Material: Stain grade hardwoods and paint-grade
Profile: Pin-top or square top; Plain, (Flute or Twist available in some styles)
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Larger Box Newels are available on custom order basis
Newels and Balusters - Square
Newel sizes:
3000 Series
3" x 3" Square Newel, when shank wrap is included, newel is 4-1/2"net @ base
3500 Series
3-1/2" x 3-1/2" Square Newel, when shank wrap is included newel is 5" net @ base
4500 Series
4-1/2" x 4-1/2" Square Newel, when shank wrap is included newel is 6"net @ base
( All 3000, 4000 and 4500 series newels are constructed with a solid core)
Larger Box Newels are available on custom order basis
Baluster sizes: 1 1/4" or 1 3/4" Diameter (other sizes available - custom order)
Material: Stain grade hardwoods and paint-grade
Profile: Plain, Chamfer, Flute, Raised Panel, Flat Panel, Grooved (Rectangle or Prairie Design)
Iron Balusters
Baluster sizes: Vary between suppliers typically ½" square solid or tube, 9/16" square or round solid with Hammered finishes.
Baluster Finishes: Here's just a sample of our Iron baluster line. Visit one of our Suppliers for a more extensive current product line and design tools. (Links to their sites are posted below)
Our Iron Baluster Suppliers:
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4. Determine the Flatwork
False endtreads/landing cap (open tread system) or Wall Cap (closed tread system). We have several levels of False endtreads to select from taking a Good, Better and Best approach.
5. Optional - Add a more decorative handrail fitting at the starting step, to an 'Over the Post' Rail System or a 'Hybrid' Rail System.
Note: All three choices will work with Open Tread or Closed Tread Systems
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6. Optional - Add kickboard (inside skirting) and/or skirtboard (outside skirting) to your stair system.
The Skirting is identified in two different components. We refer to it as a Kickboard (inside skirting) when used walk side of an open tread stair or closed tread stair (it would be in a location where you could kick it upon traveling the stair). And Skirtboard would refer to the trim board when applied to the outer location of an open tread or closed tread system applied as a decorative fascia board.
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7. Optional - Add a half newel or rosette at locations where balustrades terminate into a wall.
