Thread: Timber slabs for stairs- Perth

should be able to get some aussi oak
is that a floortec slab?
who did the steel for the stairs?

Marri, Karri, Jarrah??? should be able to find something that will work for you over on the west coast in those dimensions depending on where in West Oz you are. Look at local millers, I used Gristone down at Picton (in the yellow pages) a few years ago for Camphor. Good to deal with and nice wood, there were others but cant remember all their details.

Good luck

Corbs

Originally Posted by thesupervisor

should be able to get some aussi oak
is that a floortec slab?
who did the steel for the stairs?

Sorry... should have been more specific!
we are after something with a rich red colour - bloodwood looks nice!

Yes, its a Floortec slab - the 'in' thing at the moment.

I also did the steelwork.... what a mission that was!

how did you do the steel was it bent up at a shop?

• Kami

Oops I seem to have a bullet in there somehow

I often get my timber from the mills, if they haven't got it they can cut it for you but you shouldn't have an issue with this size from the mills

Gunns is one of the two biggies in WA (see below)

but there are a swag of others in the yellowpages under sawmillers

I use the local ones but I'm sure you'd have a better choice up there

cheers

• Gunns Ltd
  455 Orrong Rd Welshpool WA 6106
  ph: (08) 9351 6429
• Gunns Ltd
  Suite 9/ 3 Centro Ave Subiaco WA 6008
  ph: (08) 9388 0922

wordwide timber traders has a good rangewoldwide timber traders
www.timbertraders.com.au

The steel work took 3 months on its own. Each of the 2 risers are made from 4 pieces of flat bar to form the box sections. I couldn't successfully roll a 100 X 200 RHS with out crushing it so the only option was to fabricate it ...which was easier than figuring out the rolling ( mechanical rolling) radius of the helical curve for the flat bars.... and then allowing for a flare between the 2 risers...
Now that was the hard part!

I can share some more 'construction' pics if your interested?

yeah that would be great must have been a mathmatical nightmare

Originally Posted by kamipalms

I can share some more 'construction' pics if your interested?

Bring em on

in the beginning.... Christmas 2006






a couple more days...


A few hours welding and a couple of days grinding .....



setting up in place... March 2007

cool pics how long were the peices welded togather how did you work out the mitre angles?

It never ceases to amaze me what people can build in their garage Must be a pretty impressive house you are building to be fitted with such fine fixtures, can't wait to see them in their finished form.

Greenie sent

Originally Posted by Burnsy

It never ceases to amaze me what people can build in their garage Must be a pretty impressive house you are building to be fitted with such fine fixtures, can't wait to see them in their finished form.

Greenie sent

It wasn't really a case of.. (well may be a little) of 'the finer fixtures' more a case of cost.
The builder offered us a boring 90 degree concrete staircase with brick balustrade for around the $8000.00 mark.

So far I've spent $3000.00 for what you see including purchasing and rolling enough steel & stainless steel for the balustrade & handrail so, cost was also a major factor..... not including lobour!

sounds like a perceptions house?
well done on the steel work
how about some dark corian for the treads you can get it non slip notched and would prob wrap over the treated pine would be different