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Got ours done by 'Old Basing' also know as 'The Stair Guy'.


We wanted continuous but when he explained how tall the 'turn' would need to be to get from one level up the the higher one it become clear it would be very costly and wouldn't really look right anyway. Depends how tight your turn is, obvs every case is different.


In the end, he did a fine job on matching the hand rail (posted him a thin section of our existing rail) - did the same with a spindle - and he has a great array of newel posts to choose from, so in the end it all worked out really well.



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It was all remote, but trouble free - he was very helpful. Although ours was relatively straightforward and we got lucky with a bit of leftover 'curve' from the existing bannister after it was cut - which could be re-used to make it flow better.


Actually thinking back, I sent a spindle but in the end it was just used as a reference for height and we just picked a template from the pages of varieties of his website. He said most spindles in old houses were made up on the spot as they threw the house together so there are small variations everywhere from one house to the next. If you have to have a 'totally exact' spindle match, it involves a lot of extra setup work and cost. Some of the templates were pretty near - you don't notice the difference really.


Matching the handrail profile was really worth it though - that makes a big difference.


It was fitted by our builders at the time (they worked out the measurements / numbers required for me to give to him). I don't know if he measures and fits, but some jobs must need seeing in the flesh if they're more complex. A complicated bespoke curve is going to cost a bit of wedge though!

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Bits and wood and brick chucked up on the fly,

> stuffed with rubble and brown paper, no foundations.


Explains why they tend to sink by an inch when people decide to build two extra rooms on top of them.

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