John Lum Architecture, Inc. AIA These were custom made by a fabricator here in San Francisco based on our design and specifications. If you are interested in stairs like this, we would be happy to work with you to design something similar for your particular home.
More transparent than perforated plates are pickets, vertical railings usually capped by handrails. This stair shows that the steel bars are actually L-shaped pieces that also support the wood treads.
Open risers like this might work. They'd take up little visual space, which is what I want. However, how would they be for safety, security, comfort and convenience while using the stairs? Here's another type of stair stringer we could take a look at using.
Could we build a staircase to the attic above the existing 2nd story staircase? I think we could, but it would change the look of the landing and we'd have to sacrifice the linen cupboard.
pickets, vertical railings usually capped by handrails. This stair shows that the steel bars are actually L-shaped pieces that also support the wood treads.