Showing posts with label spiral staircases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spiral staircases. Show all posts

Monday, 27 May 2013

Have your space utilised properly with Wrought Iron Staircases



If you are building storied house, the staircase will use much of the construction space if it made using concrete. There is no wrong in using bricks and mortar if there is enough space. If you cannot afford spending too much money for constructing the stairs for the house, you can still manage to walk up and down the upper rooms by constructing wrought iron staircases. To have this access way built at home requires minimal space, time, and money. In addition, it also looks attractive and offers the strength to bear heavy loads.
Wrought Iron Staircases



With wrought iron staircases, you can enjoy the luxury of achieving more using less space and within your budget. You can also add railings and spindles to decorate the staircase and increase the safety quotient. You can have any shape and design to wrought iron staircases to make them look attractive. The best thing about this material is that it compliments all wall arts. There is even an option to paint the wrought iron staircase with a colour to suit walls and decorations. Wrought iron staircases open the space in your home.                     

Monday, 20 May 2013

Spiral Staircases – Creative designs with minimal use of space

Some creations in this world fill us with nostalgia. When talking about this conception related to living space, we immediately reckon spiral staircases. Many movies based on the pre-historic period have shown these kinds of zigzag steps. The depiction of archway also reminds us that they have been in use since centuries. The only differences that can be seen now are the designs and use of material in constructing them.

Today, most residential buildings make use of spiral staircases for accessing upper floors. Doing so helps them in saving some square foot area, since erecting these accesses takes minimal space. Moreover, building these spiral staircases does not require doing heavy construction work. Varied types of materials such as iron, wood, and steel can be utilized for building them. You can have them constructed indoors and outdoors, wherever you need to have a passage for the upper room or the terrace. Mostly, metal or wooden staircases are preferred for outdoors. Using them indoors is necessary, if the space is narrow or small.


There are many custom-designs available in spiral staircases. If you use your imagination to the fullest, you can have decorative and impressive railing that will become an artwork.

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Wooden and Iron Spiral Staircases Review


Once you have made a decision to install a spiral staircase into your property you then need to decide whether you want a wooden spiral staircase or an iron one. You need to look at the advantages and disadvantages for both.

Wooden spiral staircases are often cheaper then iron ones but that is where the advantage ends. A wooden spiral staircase will be delivered to your house in separate parts and you will have an arduous task attempting to put together the staircase. You will have already paid full price for the staircase and if you cannot or do not want to put the staircase up yourself you will have to spend more money hiring a professional to do it for you. Iron staircases on the other hand will be delivered to your property already fixed and in one piece. All you will need to do is position it in the area where you want the staircase placed and secure it with the proper tools. Some companies will even do this for you meaning you will not have to lift a finger.

When it comes to durability, iron lasts a lot longer than wood and is also a lot sturdier. A wooden spiral staircase will need to be treated first so that pests will not be able to live in it and eventually destroy it. Even if you use treated wood, iron will still be more durable and this has been proven by numerous studies.

Spiral staircases also have other uses such as an emergency exit, a decorative piece or as a support to a structure. Spiral staircases are also a lot of fun to decorate whether they are inside or outside of your home. Aside from convenience and space efficiency, spiral staircases are also visually attractive.  They break the monotony of a traditional straight staircase inside a house and can add to the attractiveness and uniqueness of a house when placed outside due to its unusual winding structure. If you need help selecting your wooden spiral stairs, customer service is always available for additional information at tiwtheironworks.co.uk.

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Spiral Staircases Add Beauty to Your Home


Today, spiral staircases are used for the following reasons, people want to save space for the sake of space, or they want to create grand and elaborate structures in the comfort of their own homes.

Building spiral staircases requires more flexible materials since their shape isn't what you'd call regular. Thus, this is why metal is the most used material among all other materials. This is because metal is tough, adaptable and lightweight. The only disadvantage is that metals tend to rust and more quickly if they are placed outdoors.

With some imagination, spiral staircases can be a real asset to the design of a home. They can be built with impressive, carved and decorative railing, to serve not only as stairs, but as a piece of art. This is particularly true for iron spiral staircases that can be built to fit any interior decorating scheme. Spiral staircases are very popular in remodeling of old industrial buildings into living spaces like lofts, which are often of great heights and allow for different levels.

While traditional staircases are usually located in areas where one side of it is on a wall and it's pretty easy to hang art or framed pictures on that wall, staircases aren't always configured that way. Spiral staircases usually hang from the ceiling, sometimes even at the center of the room.

The most popular choices for materials in building these spiral staircases are wood, metal and glass. If you want stairs for the inside of your home, you can typically go with a hardwood, or even metal, but that's typically used for outside stairs because of how durable they are, and depending on your decor, it might be a little tougher to match with the inside of your house Wood and metal can both be used on their own while glass will always need fortification from either metal or wood. While wood and metal look good when used on their own, combining these materials including glass creates an interestingly different look altogether. Many famous designs are products of these combinations.

As mentioned wooden spiral stairs can be added to the outside of your home. The wood is treated to withstand the elements so it stays beautiful looking at all times. You can choose to add a beautiful stairway to your deck and enjoy walking down the steps of this gorgeous addition to your home.

A combination of glass and metal spiral stairs would, on the other hand, result in an edgy and ultra-modern look. This is achieved with the floating steps design where thick slabs of strong glass are screwed onto a helical metal post to create a spiral staircase with seemingly floating steps or treads.

If you need help selecting your wooden spiral stairs, customer service is always available for additional information at tiwtheironworks.co.uk. You can choose one of the wooden spiral staircases or customize your own wooden spiral stairs. Your friends and family will wonder who designed such a beautiful piece and show envy that you were able to install them yourself. You will be able to accent your sense of style and taste when you add a wooden spiral staircase to your home.

Monday, 28 November 2011

Spiral Staircases for the stylish look of your house


Sometimes we need to connect the lower level of a property with the loft area of the property but how do we do this? What can be done to give the right image of permanence without clutter or too much disturbance to the feel of the room, corridor or store room?  The ideal solution could be a spiral staircase as it does not clutter needs less space for its fittings and creates a comfortable look which incorporates features, such as ease of use, less required space for its structural work as all it needs is a hole in the floor.   

A spiral staircase is a great idea when compared with the other options available for necessary home improvements, for example connecting levels in the customary way require, walls to be knocked down and as result the work can take a long time. The answer to this problem is a "spiral staircases" which can be completed promptly and the staircase can be attached straight from basements and garages and created to fit into an area which otherwise could not be used.

Typically the optional width of the spiral staircase and decorative aspects of it can vary considerably depending on the specified use of the staircase. For example in the case of a rarely used staircase the scale of a gauge in width may be enough and when the scale is used to attach two floors of accommodation the option of buying a wider structure which would require you to add at least two feet more, to allow for the passage of at least two people or to make it easier for the transport of linen, small furnishings or anything else.  
 
Further young family members might also be a factor when considering the width of the steps, as the breadth of the tread is important to ensure safe use particularly for children and the elderly.

The spiral staircase is also an ideal answer for sanitation and general upkeep of the house as, its shape and nature means it is not an obstacle that accumulations much dust or dirt it also can be cleaned in just a few minutes with the help of a Simple customary broom.