Stair Spindle Thickness
Hi Gents.
I want to replace my stair spindles and handrail some time soon. The existing spindles are moulded pine...nothing out of the ordinary. The spindles are 32m thick square at their widest and in parts as the moulding is designed reduce to something like 20 - 22mm diameter. So I can't see anything wrong with starting with 25mm (1") square oak with the intention to leave the shape of the spindles square.. with minimal chamfering of the edges. Is this ok? or am I missing something? Thanks. Arthur |
Stair Spindle Thickness
"Arthur 51" wrote in message ... Hi Gents. I want to replace my stair spindles and handrail some time soon. The existing spindles are moulded pine...nothing out of the ordinary. The spindles are 32m thick square at their widest and in parts as the moulding is designed reduce to something like 20 - 22mm diameter. So I can't see anything wrong with starting with 25mm (1") square oak with the intention to leave the shape of the spindles square.. with minimal chamfering of the edges. Is this ok? or am I missing something? Aren't you "missing" approx 7mm on the width then ? |
Stair Spindle Thickness
"Arthur 51" wrote in message ... Hi Gents. I want to replace my stair spindles and handrail some time soon. The existing spindles are moulded pine...nothing out of the ordinary. The spindles are 32m thick square at their widest and in parts as the moulding is designed reduce to something like 20 - 22mm diameter. So I can't see anything wrong with starting with 25mm (1") square oak with the intention to leave the shape of the spindles square.. with minimal chamfering of the edges. Is this ok? or am I missing something? You may wish to check that a 100mm diameter ball cannot pass between the spindles, as that is a building regulations requirement. Colin Bignell |
Stair Spindle Thickness
"nightjar .me.uk" cpb@insert my surname here wrote in message ... "Arthur 51" wrote in message ... Hi Gents. I want to replace my stair spindles and handrail some time soon. The existing spindles are moulded pine...nothing out of the ordinary. The spindles are 32m thick square at their widest and in parts as the moulding is designed reduce to something like 20 - 22mm diameter. So I can't see anything wrong with starting with 25mm (1") square oak with the intention to leave the shape of the spindles square.. with minimal chamfering of the edges. Is this ok? or am I missing something? You may wish to check that a 100mm diameter ball cannot pass between the spindles, as that is a building regulations requirement. thanks. Thats useful info. A |
Stair Spindle Thickness
"Arthur 51" wrote Hi Gents. I want to replace my stair spindles and handrail some time soon. The existing spindles are moulded pine...nothing out of the ordinary. The spindles are 32m thick square at their widest and in parts as the moulding is designed reduce to something like 20 - 22mm diameter. So I can't see anything wrong with starting with 25mm (1") square oak with the intention to leave the shape of the spindles square.. with minimal chamfering of the edges. Is this ok? or am I missing something? Thanks. Arthur I am just looking at a similar project. B&Q sell Richard Burbidge light oak stuff which looks OK. Check out the RB web site for more info. Their spindles are 40 or 41mm square (can't remember which). We bought one spindle just to "get a feel" of the look etc. Phil |
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:42 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004 - 2014 DIYbanter