Straight Stair Kits

Nowadays, you can order just about anything from the Internet. So the next time you decide to buy a new staircase or replace your old one, you can just search cyberspace and come up with several companies who are willing to custom make and deliver your stairs for you.

Of course, it’s not that easy. You still have to install it. You can choose to hire someone else to do that or try it on your own.

A note, however, if you would like to install straight stair kits on your own, you would need to have basic carpentry knowledge and skills. It would not really help if you do not even know how to appropriately use a hammer and a screw driver. If you don’t, then it’s time to hire a professional or ask a friend to help you out so you could learn in the process.

If you somehow know general carpentry techniques, it would probably take you about six hours or so to install a simple straight staircase. Of course, you would also need to install handrails, which would take you around two hours each.

Kits cost around a thousand dollars up. Oak costs more than pine wood, but are more elegant. The beauty about these web sites is that they make straight stair kits custom or your own space. And they even enclose custom instructions for each kit.

Of course, you should make sure that you inform them of the building code in your place. There are maximum measurements of risers and other stair parts that you should adhere to.

All parts are usually pre-cut and even pre-assembled before being shipped to your home. They just take the landings apart for economy shipment and keep the handrail posts a little longer for your own specifications or if you would like to tweak it a bit. They have a standard width for the stairs so you would have to specify on whether you would want wider stairs.

In installing straight stair kits, just make sure that you follow all the instructions. These are fairly easy to follow since you would just be attaching the parts to the frame – which you would probably re-attach too.