Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 09, 2009 11:53 am Hi!
Just wondering if anyone can possibly suggest or recommend a timber stair company that services Canberra?? Also, i'd love some thoughts, advice or experience with timber stair styles, particularly on the idea of cantilevered or 'floating' stairs! We are absolutely in love with the idea of having open, floating stairs as a feature in our house. They'll be visible from the entry and also from the sunken lounge, over a half-height stone wall... BUT...at the same time, I don't know if the cost will be prohibitive or even if there are many stair companies that make them! This is a pic of the sort of thing we'd love to have: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Any thoughts would be very much appreciated. Thanks!! Adam Re: Timber stair company for Canberra & thoughts on styles! 2Mar 09, 2009 2:31 pm Woah! They look cool!!!
I couldn't imagine having them with my 2 terrors though, my son's eyes would light up upon seeing them and he would be swinging from them in no time My daughter on the other hand would cover the glass in chocolate and handprints!! I'm jealous, I'd love something like that in my home!! You either don't have kids, or they are very well behaved My karma ran over your dogma Re: Timber stair company for Canberra & thoughts on styles! 3Mar 09, 2009 3:05 pm haywgl Woah! They look cool!!! I couldn't imagine having them with my 2 terrors though, my son's eyes would light up upon seeing them and he would be swinging from them in no time My daughter on the other hand would cover the glass in chocolate and handprints!! I'm jealous, I'd love something like that in my home!! You either don't have kids, or they are very well behaved haha no, no kids yet! altho, i think i'd probably be pretty tempted to swing off them myself!!! I'm not really sure if having them exactly like that is going to be a realistic (i.e. affordable!) option...but something along those lines, even without the glass (would probably need a beam along the centre) is what we're hoping to do! Re: Timber stair company for Canberra & thoughts on styles! 4Mar 09, 2009 10:07 pm But where would Harry Potter live ? or more to the point the vacumn cleaner ?. Building Upside down house in Wantirna VIC Current Stage: Procrastination... it's just all too hard.... Blog: http://thereluctantbuilder.blogspot.com/ Re: Timber stair company for Canberra & thoughts on styles! 5Mar 09, 2009 10:13 pm ozkarnak But where would Harry Potter live ? or more to the point the vacumn cleaner ?. haha don't worry...i did think of that and it won't be completely open...there will be a small store room beneath, so the final 4/5 steps going up will actually be hidden (into the store room) but the rest will be open! Altho - the laundry will probably live next door, in the linen cupboard because I want to use the store room to hide my home automation/networking hub!!! As for Harry...there's a couple of spare bedrooms, but i think he'll spend most of his time in the home theatre! haha Re: Timber stair company for Canberra & thoughts on styles! 6Mar 10, 2009 9:59 am BuildingACT those stairs are gorgeous I think I saw some like it on a Grand Designs episode one time. The lighting also ... just beautiful ... you might want to add some of those to your 86 lights if you haven't already
The only thing I would advise is if you are thinking about kids in the future ... they look like they might be dangerous for little feet slipping through the holes etc ... just something to think about. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Timber stair company for Canberra & thoughts on styles! 7Mar 10, 2009 8:34 pm BuildingACT..check out 15 Santospirito St, Forde on allhomes.com.au - there is a staircase like your pic, but timber steps...
It is a builder's own home and I have spoken to the agent before and he is pretty helpful - he may be able to put you in touch with the builder. HTH Re: Timber stair company for Canberra & thoughts on styles! 8Mar 10, 2009 9:34 pm havingfun BuildingACT..check out 15 Santospirito St, Forde on allhomes.com.au - there is a staircase like your pic, but timber steps... It is a builder's own home and I have spoken to the agent before and he is pretty helpful - he may be able to put you in touch with the builder. HTH Thanks very much! Well...it's good to know that it's at least possible to do something similar! Hopefully they won't mind letting me know who built the staircase! Re: Timber stair company for Canberra & thoughts on styles! 9Mar 10, 2009 9:36 pm donuts BuildingACT those stairs are gorgeous I think I saw some like it on a Grand Designs episode one time. The lighting also ... just beautiful ... you might want to add some of those to your 86 lights if you haven't already The only thing I would advise is if you are thinking about kids in the future ... they look like they might be dangerous for little feet slipping through the holes etc ... just something to think about. Well, we're hoping to have feature wall LEDs up along the staircase...so see how we go And yep...take your point about kids! Definitely something we'll need to keep in mind!! Not quite yet tho...haha 2 2916 I'm curious, did they provide any reason why they did not like the idea? 1 11408 Wow I hadn't realised things had gotten that pricey in just a couple of years since I built, that is crazy with how much land is now costing if you aren't lucky enough to… 3 7010 |