The main staircase was made by “others” and the case originally had a metal spindles as a newel post but gained movement with use. The orginal handrail scroll was machine by C N C made and it looked it ! The work involved turning a new post which also hides the metal studding used to make the whole post rigid, the studding nut is used to lock the scroll down and is hidden by the glass ball. The old scroll was cut off the staircase while clients were away on holiday to reduce disruption and delay,the old scroll was needed in order to give us a true section to match to while carving. Polished to match on site.

Our lovely contemporary Mahogany handrailing was traditionally made within our Sussex workshop, our project was a collaboration with a very skilled metalworker local based in Brighton who was commissioned to make and install the metal staircases and balustrading which our work is fastened.

Our handrailing is classed as a core rail and uses parts that are called wreathing, this is where the interesting details lay, the change of direction and how the rails is terminated. In most cases we work in parallel to the metalworkers production timings, this is achieved by producing a sacrificial metal top rail as a full working template which means the wooden components can be crafted while the staircase including spindles and top rails are installed. Only after this stage and once site conditions are favourable the true lengths are cut on site and permanently fixed. The polishing is either done as a complete service after install or worked in stages depending on finishes required.