Jeff L.
18:16 19 Jul 21
My custom order steel spiral stair are of a very high quality grade steel. That assessment came from the mechanic that worked with me installing them. They are solid! and even more impressive in person. Minor issues, I was missing a bag of set screws, and one of the steps the holes were't tapped out with threads. I would recommend at every point there is a hole drilled into the steel..and there's a lot of drilling for those balusters.. you take the time to use the provided touch up paint to cover exposed steel as best you can or you will get minor rust bleed. You don't want rust forming under the powder coat. I also krylon painted the center pole that is covered for the most part..but I assume could start to rust and bleed rust all the down to the base. I may regret not going all aluminim to save money, only time will tell. I'm going to have to say it's an advanced job for DIY project. My friend that's an auto mechanic had some power tools that made it manageable. I recommend a good cutter to make quick work of the balusters that need cut to fit based on the hand rail. It took two of us three days to complete. The provided hand rail is aluminum, and it comes coiled. It's a real bear hand bending it into position. You have to work that hand rail and screw it to 1/3 of the balusters that you install prior. As you work the hand rail (from the middle outward), the leveled balusters get knocked off level, so you have to re-align and make sure balusters are vertical before attaching to the hand rail one by one. This was tough for two guys, and we had to use brute force to make that hand rail malleable. The other 2/3rds provided balusters need cut to fit according to the handrail position. This was the most time-consuming part of the insulation. We do love the result, and like I mentioned this thing is solid.