Steel fire escape staircase fabrication
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When investing in a steel staircase for your home or office building it is important to ensure that it will comply with all necessary building control regulations applicable for its use. A steel fire escape staircase is a significant purchase and one that you should be made to measure to suit its intended environment and site conditions. DIY kits for staircases do exist, but generally for lightweight spiral verions that are not suitable as a fire escape. The reality is that all metal staircases will be made to order and DioMet have a wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience to assist all clients to achieve the required style of staircase that is functional, legal, practical, cost-effective and above all, safe.
DioMet work with a large variety of clients across different sectors including retail, commercial, industrial and domestic. Basically, wherever there is a need for a metal staircase or fire escape, DioMet are available to assist with the project. It may be a simple set of access steps to reach a raised back door for an elderly relative or a multi-million pound commercial project consisting of numerous access staircases both internally and externally.
As always with DioMet, a full service is available for our clients to choose from; be it design supply and delivery of a bolt-together kit form staircase for self-assembly or full survey, design, manufacture and installation of the staircase by our team of professionals. As a quick reference guide for budget purposes, DioMet have an online stair quotation tool for our most popular basic galvanized finish external fire escape stairs.
The possibilities with a steel fabricated staircase are almost endless however most designs will follow a similar design principle, especially those that are for means of access or fire escape only, that need to be introduced cost-effectively for safety reasons - these staircases tend to be straight forward with a basic balustrade and handrail system and all in a low-maintenance galvanized finish that is hard wearing and suitable for both internal and external applications.
For those requiring a more attractive, modern, decorative or personal touch to their steel staircase, there are numerous options for it's design. The base structure tends to remain the same, albeit with options for different finishes such as powdercoating to improve appearance however the main visual aesthetic options come with the balustrade and handrails that are attached whereby a range of materials can be introduced such as stainless steel, toughened glass panels, decorative feature metalwork, wire ropes or perforated infill panels.
Domestic internal steel staircases are generally designed to compliment the home and design theme and may include glass stair treads, timber handrails or a combination of complimenting stainless steel decorations. Our staircases can be helical, staggered, kitewinders and manufactured to suit a wide varierty of individual circumstances, connecting to an existing walk out balcony for example.
DioMet are also able to remove any existing structures be they timber or metal in order to offer the most comprehensive service available throughout the UK for all steel staircase requirements.
Contact us with your staircase enquiry to see how we can help.
Further Reading :
Cantilever floating staircases
Example staircase project, Bristol
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