Stairbuilding

Treatise on Stairbuilding & Handrailing : Containing Numerous Examples Illustrating the Construction of the Various Classes of Wood Stairs

William Mowat,Alexander Mowat
This republication of the 1900 edition is a complete course in the techniques of traditional wooden stair and handrailing construction. Chapters cover newelled stairs, geometric stairs, face moulds, handrailing, stone stairs, joinery techniques, and design examples. Suitable for beginners and advanced builders.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Preliminary Remarks & Definitions-- Classification of Stairs
2. Observations on the Designing & Planning of Stairs
3. Construction of Straight Stairs
4. Construction of Quarter-Turn Newel Stairs with Winders at the Starting
5. Half-Turn Newelled Stairs
6. Half-Turn Geometrical Stairs
7. Half-Turn Geometrical Stairs Cont'd.
8. Stairs for Passenger Ships
9. Stairs for Passenger Ships -- Side-Flight Stairs
10. Stairs for Passenger Ships -- Circular Stairs
11. Miscellaneous Illustration
12. Handrailing (Theoretical)
13. Handrailing (Practical)
14. System of Handrailing by Normal Sections
15. Stone Stairs
16. Construction of Spiral & Elliptical Stairs

390 pgs, 7.5x11, illus, softcover

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