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Curved stair treads and radius handrail

Shane Kenney
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This project took us about 4 week to do. We had to do several things that were a challenge . The first was to build a steam box to bend the handrail.
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The second thing we had to do was build a form to wrap the handrail around once the handrail was steamed.
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
After the handrail gets steamed it gets immediately clamp to the form.
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
After 24hrs of setting dry in the forms it is ready for gluing.  The handrail pieces receives glue and then places back in the forms at the site location for tweaking and bending into location as needed. Wait another 24hrs. and remove form forms and clean up.
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What the handrail looks like before it gets steamed and glued.
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
End results.
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
White oak handrail with a dark stain, Hammered wrought iron balusters and a #3010 newel post with a twist.
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
stairs curved Handrail treads radius stairs wrought iron Steaming wood bending wood white oak Curved handrail bannister Balusters Spindles Portland Stair Company Heritage Restoration Company
The finished product.
Curved stair treads and radius handrail
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Portland, OR, USA

Curved stair treads and radius handrail

We built this from scratch on site. It took about 3 week to build and some of the challenges was getting a tight radius on the handrail.

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