Stair Design
Adding a half turn landing into a stair with winders
How to design a staircase with a half turn landing using StairDesigner Set up the general view of the stair with a sketch Draw the stairwell for this half turn staircase either…
Design a Helitical Stair with StairDesigner and ProgeCad
I often receive emails asking how to design continuous curved stairs in StairDesigner. This week Alain Marin of Escalier Bois has asked me how to set up a helical stair with a…
Boxed string in 3 parts
At times it’s impossible to assemble a stair and raise or lower it into the stair well. When the stair strings are boxed and the steps and risers recessed into the string…
Designing a Straight Central Cut Stringer Staircase
Continuous curved central cut strings give a very elegant design for modern stairs, but the curved stringer and handrails can be long and expensive to manufacture. A compromise is to make the…
How to Design a Wooden Handrail for an Existing Stair with StairDesigner
StairDesigner isn’t really made to design railings only but with a bit of a trick you can easily design all sorts of railing for existing stairs whether they be in wood cement,…
How to use StairDesigner and ProgeCad for Tangent Handrailing
One of the most difficult parts of stair building is building a solid continuous curved hand rail, and the most tricky question is often how to design the rail and mark it…
Traditional stair builder uses modern techniques to build a curved cut string
Kellner Millwork is a 3 generation joinery shop specialising in stair building in Pittsburg, the company is run by Ron D’Alessandro. Ron and his team makes some beautiful high and medium end…
How to build a 3D handrail in ProgeCad
It’s a cold winter’s day here in Grenoble and I’m sitting cosy here in my office. As a professional carpenter and stair builder but I spend maybe more time here than in…