Posts tagged floating stone staircase
When it comes to finishing the work, always the hand !

It is all very well the cmc machine, put you can not beat the human touch. The fingers like butterflies, moving from one leaf to the other. How can the craft and skill of the human can be forgotten and deemed to slow ! The natural material, stone marble, portland stone caen stone, carrara marble need the knowledge and love of the craftsman. The client is always keen on having the beauty of sometimes irregularity of the hand. Let’s carry on our workforce all over the world to cut some beautifull steps for our cantilever stair, staircases. The finely cut treads, bull nose and astragal !

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When it does look light but it is heavy !

Sometimes it is a great trick play to the eye, the sort of magic trick, the different direction …. with this great concrete steps, which would be even more beautiful in marble or limestone. imagine a fine anstrude or clipsham. I was really amazed by the simplicity of the disposition of the treads, such a simple idea. I which some of the designer we work with would be more adventurous.

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View from the Post tension stone staircase cockpit.

That what future might look if we push specialising in post tension spiral stairs or floating staircase since now 2010 when we first use this technique on a portland stone staircase. The floating sensation for this known heavy material is quite destabilising. Especially with the thin throat of the stone  or marble steps.

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A new stone in our portfolio !

We added a new natural limestone for our stone stair and fireplaces. It took us a while to find this superb stone with its lovely feature. The base of this material is ivory and we are sure it is going to be a big saker. The strength of this stone is quite high and it will cope with no problem for our cantilever staircase or post tension steps. 

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