As you go through the buying process for your staircase, one question that likely pops into mind is how your stairs ship. You spent a great deal of money on the product, so you want to know it receives the proper care during the shipping process. More than zero damage, you want to know that the packaging makes it easy to unbox your stair and find every piece without hassle.

Paragon’s stair packing and shipping process accomplishes both of these and more to ensure your experience is smooth and pleasant. We take several added steps to expedite shipping, add to your convenience, and protect your valuable product for the entire duration of shipment.

Packaging

We wrap each piece individually to protect the material and any finishes from scratching or shifting or any other damage during shipment. Plus, we coil the handrail down to make it compact and easier to box up and wrap so it also remains protected. Finally, we then box up the broken down, wrapped components for easy transport.

Easy-to-Install

One of our promise is that our DIY spiral staircases are easy to install. So we make sure to include with each shipment is a set of easy-to-follow instructions. These instructions move the assembly of your spiral staircase kit along quickly so you can get on to the next stage of your project without any hiccups.

By Truck

Paragon works through the best local carrier to offer you the lowest shipping we can to anywhere in the Continental United States. We also offer shipment of your stair directly to your front door or any address you choose, so you don’t have to deal with the hassle of driving to a secondary location and picking your stair up with a truck you may have to rent. It’s already at your front door. Plus, prior to shipment, our designers work with you to pick a day and time that works best for you, so you know exactly when it will arrive and can plan you project accordingly.

Our ability to ship directly to your door applies to anywhere in the Continental US and Canada, so you don’t have to worry about living in a remote area. We’ll even work out a way to transport your stair to Hawaii.

Shipping, Pricing, and Carrier

We work with local common truck carriers to offer you the best rate wherever you may be. So you get a great price without hassle. Furthermore, during the initial consultation process, one of Paragon’s expert stair designers will factor in the cost of your stair plus shipping, so the final cost is not an unpleasant surprise and you can work out your budget accordingly without worry.

If requested, we can also work with you to deliver the stair using a liftgate truck, making it much simpler to retrieve your stair from the truck at the time of arrival.

Warrantied against Damage

Paragon protects your investment by supplying a warranty for all stairs against damage during shipment. We encourage you to inspect your stair, with the delivery man present, thoroughly upon receipt for any damage. If anything has damage please let us know and we’ll handle it to your satisfaction. That’s how confident we are in our shipping process and how much we care about your experience.

Paragon wants you to be comfortable and confident with your purchase, which is why we extend the added benefit of a return policy for all off-the-rack models should you in any way not be completely satisfied with your purchase. This return policy lasts up to 90 days after purchase. Please feel free to contact us for details regarding this policy so you know everything pre-purchase. Come to us with any questions you have regarding shipping procedures and warranty policies. Our goal is to ensure your confidence and satisfaction in any purchase before committing.

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Tying together a room with a mix of décor either of various styles or time periods can be difficult. A Configurable Steel spiral staircase with solid wood tread covers from Paragon might be the perfect answer to this problem. This is because you want to keep your eclectic setup, so it’s important that every piece you add to the space helps maintain that look of variety. If you want to have that varied look and keep it balanced, it can be especially difficult to accomplish this when adding a new piece, especially if that piece is something so large and permanent as a stair.

This is why a steel spiral stair with wooden treads may come in particularly useful .The modern, sleek aspect of a standard steel stair frame combined with the classic beauty of several solid wood accent pieces creates the perfect hybrid piece that allows you to maintain the balance you work so hard to achieve while giving you a highly functional and practical stair.

Contrasting Look

Besides maintaining a balanced look between several decors, another instance when a transitional style stair works is if you wish to create a contrasting look.

A modern, steel or other metal spiral stair juxtaposed with the Victorian or classic look of solid wood treads and a handrail is a great way to highlight different elements of your room. The various wood elements scattered throughout a room with a mostly modern theme can easily pop just that much more through the simple presence of wooden spiral stair tread covers.

Accent Element

A steel stair with wood treads can also introduce a small decorative element of differentiation into your décor. This small element can act as a launching point for introducing other accents into your space as you slowly build a theme.

So if you’re building a space from scratch and don’t really have a solid idea of a decorative direction to, but you want to make sure you have options, a hybrid stair is the perfect solution. A steel stair with wood treads allows you the freedom of several potential direction from the get-go.

Old and New

If you live in an old home and you want to modernize it a little with some newer elements, then a hybrid spiral stair with both steel and wood is a great direction.

An in-between style stair can allow you to unify any number of style dichotomies, vintage and modern, classic and contemporary, traditional and urban, the list goes on.

Personalize with Different Wood Species

Tying together your unique space is even easier with a Paragon steel stair with wood treads because we offer over a dozen different exotic and domestic wood species. Add that to our ability to paint your steel stair any custom color you want and you can mix and match different colored woods and finishes to create an innumerable amount of combinations. Not only can you install a hybrid stair that ties together traditional and modern in your space, you can install a hybrid stair that ties together nearly any two categories of décor style you can think of.

If you want your space to feature warmer tones and a cozier feeling that helps tie in Victorian elements, then Brazilian cherry or walnut. If you want a brighter atmosphere then maple may be a great option. If you want a mid-tone that helps tie in some rustic elements then hickory wood components may be the way to go.

However you look at it, a spiral stair customized with your favorite wood species and finish color can complete any space’s look, no matter the style. Let Paragon’s expert designers show you the options and combinations we have to help you complete your unique theme and tie your space together.

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The column is the vertical pole that runs down the center of a spiral stair. It acts as a sort of axis of the rest of the spiral stair and a primary support piece. The columns are the primary support because all of the other spiral stair parts connect to the column.

This is the primary utility of the column. The spectrum of other utilities depends upon the exact type of column. Paragon Stairs offers two categories of column sleeves to help match exact spiral stair project functions and aesthetics.

Continuous Sleeve

One type Paragon offers is what we call a continuous sleeve. The separate, stackable pieces of this sleeve type match flush with one another to create a seamless, smooth look—which is a desirable aesthetic for many as it allows the column to look like one solid piece. For this to work, Paragon requires the exact height dimensions of a project so the stackable pieces can be custom cut accordingly to ensure a perfect fit.

Adjustable Sleeve

The second category of sleeve Paragon offers is an adjustable sleeve. This type comes off-the-rack and ready to go. This kind also has the flexibility to match a range of heights within a certain margin up or down as the height of the column can adjust up or down. While it doesn’t offer a seamless aesthetic, this type is especially useful for projects where you may not yet know what the completed floor-to-floor height will be, but you have a general idea and you need a little wiggle room for error with your stair.

Column Measurements

Just to clarify, “floor-to-floor” height is not the same as floor-to-ceiling. To get an accurate measurement of floor-to-floor, use a tape measure and go from the bottom up to the top of the floor where your stair comes out. This way your measurement accounts for any subflooring, carpeting, tiling, or anything else between the ceiling above your first level and the floor of your second level.

Treads

Treads are simply another name for the individual steps in your staircase. Obviously, treads need to support you and anything you carry on the stairs. Paragon anchors the treads directly to the center column. In fact, each tread piece is a combination tread and sleeve. These sleeves slide directly over the center column for a solid and stable structure that allows high load-bearing capacity for each tread.

Another part of the tread is the riser. The riser is the vertical piece (or gap, depending on if your tread style) between the top of one step and the bottom of the one above it. This piece offers an opportunity for personalizing the style of your stair through things like ivy stencil designs or differently angled pieces to create a distinctive profile for the stair overall. Besides the look, another important factor with risers is code. If code is a concern for your project, then keep in mind that the amount of material between tread surfaces, therefore the size of the gap, has to be enough that the gap is no greater than 4”.

Besides the profile, there are several other important factors to consider when selecting a tread, most of which relate to safety. Paragon provides you with several tread surface options, including diamond plate for extra grip in climates that experience frequent rain and other moisture, fan or hand weld grated to allow pass-through of precipitation so snow doesn’t build up on the step surface, and then there’s a standard smooth surface.

Tread Covers

Paragon offers a variety of spiral stair tread covers, each with their own distinctive aesthetic. One option is a solid wood tread cover. The aesthetic of this option depends on the wood species you select. Luckily, Paragon offers over a dozen wood species, so it’s easy to pick the one best for your needs. Some are even suitable for outdoor purposes.

Carpet ready board is another option for creating a unique aesthetic. This tread cover option allows you to customize the look of the stair however you with the carpet of your choice, be it ornate and Victorian, or simple and modern.

Handrails

Handrails are the portion of the railing where your hand makes contact. Depending on the shape and material of this stair part, it can provide an excellent accent piece for your stair. Another factor determined by the shape is the comfort it provides for your hand. A comfortable grip is important for maintaining an easy, and therefore safer, grip as you traverse the stair.

Paragon goes a step further than typical safety and quality by making each handrail as one single, solid, coiled piece that ranges the entire length of the spiral stair. Since it is one continuous piece, you won’t feel any ridges and the overall structure is much more rigid than the typical handrail composed of several pieces locked together.

The lack of seams means also you don’t have to worry about dirt or any other elements getting down inside the grooves and causing corrosion overtime.

Balusters

Balusters, or spindles, are the vertical pieces between the treads and the handrail. The balusters provide a safety barrier on the exterior perimeter of the stair and a means of lending the stair an aesthetic element. The number of balusters used per tread depends on code considerations.

Depending on the material and design of the balusters, you can have a look that’s either simple and modern or ornate and traditional, even Victorian in look.

Materials

One aspect to consider in terms of components is the materials used to make them. Each material has its own advantages in terms of looks, durability, and weather resistance. The key is to figure out which offers the best advantages suited to your purposes.

Solid wood is a popular choice for those looking to create a traditional theme of elegance in their space. Paragon offers over a dozen different wood species both domestic and exotic to make it easy for you to find the ideal wood to suit your theme. It’s worth to take the time to look at our various wood species just so you can better understand what the specific benefits of each are. For example, three of our species are appropriate for exterior purposes, so if you want an exterior stair with wood elements, one of these three is what you need.

Primed steel is the most popular choice, partly because it offers a contemporary look perfect for urban spaces with a minimalist aesthetic. Besides simplicity of looks, another advantage of primed steel is that you can either have us powder coat it for a maintenance-free finish or paint it yourself to get the exact color you desire. While standard black and white are common colors because they both go with almost anything, you can also go with a more custom color to really show your quirky personality.

Galvanized steel is a great choice for those that need a hearty outdoor spiral stair solution. The galvanization process armors the stair to ensure it will last for a lifetime. The rugged, industrial look of a galvanized stair also makes it a popular choice for seaside settings or settings looking to achieve an industrial look combined with bare brick, exposed vents, and other trendy urban designs right now.

Aluminum is another popular choice for outdoors stair solutions. Aluminum is naturally resistant to any form of rust or other corrosion. Plus, Paragon Stairs powder coats each aluminum stair using a proprietary method that translates to a superior finish in terms of smoothness of the powder coat. Furthermore, while the powder coat comes standard in the white or black like the priming, we can also create whatever custom color you desire thanks to our use of the Pantone color match system if you wish for something more personalized.

If you have any questions regarding spiral stair parts and accessories and which you should select for your specific project’s needs, please don’t hesitate to give one of our stair design experts a call.

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Paragon offers a variety of differently styled and shaped spiral stair platforms such as our pie/90 degree wedge platforms, 60 degree angle platforms, and square platforms to make it easy for you to install your stair wherever is most convenient and maintain an optimum level of safety. These differently shaped stair platforms mean your top tread (step) can approach the top floor at a different angle while still giving you a flush match between the back edge of your platform and the front edge of the upper floor. This range of angles means easier entry point configuration for you (the direction at which you enter the top or bottom step of the stair). It also means an overall more stable structure thanks to a clean connection between your stair and the mounting surface. That surface can either be an existing surface like the face of a loft or one you create by cutting a well entry through whichever portion of the upper floor offers the most convenient access.

The ability to choose your entry and exit points (determined by the rotation degree of the stair itself) also makes it easier to mesh your spiral stair with your existing layout seamlessly. So you can either design your space to feature the spiral stair prominently, or tuck the spiral stair back into an out-of-the-way nook removed from sight yet still providing convenient access.

In addition to providing convenient access, Paragon can build each platform type to meet your local code requirements in terms of walking path width. This makes it easy for you to satisfy any safety considerations you may have for your project. Furthermore, your platform doesn’t necessarily have to act as an extended step that simply takes you from the last spiral stair tread to the surface of your upper floor.

Maybe there’s a structure or other obstacle directly in front of the point where you wish to mount your platform that you can’t move or don’t wish to because of the aesthetic value it offers your atmosphere. If you wish to install your spiral stair several feet or more away from the face of your upper level—then Paragon can build a platform that acts as more of a walkway to span over the structure. An extended walkway like this offers great value in an industrial environment where you might have to traverse over equipment or would like to provide employees or facility touring clients with a bird’s eye view of a process.

In keeping with code needs such as sufficiently wide walking paths, Paragon also offers “resting” platforms, a wider step meant for placement every so many feet if your stair is particularly high. This is another feature that may come in especially handy for industrial application spiral staircases, fire escape stairs covering several floor, or utility access stairs. Such a high stair doesn’t necessarily have to apply to more commercial uses, though—a multistory stair connecting three or more floors in a residential structure can also easily call for a resting platform.

Platform and Railing Design

Regardless of your platform needs, Paragon makes it an easy matter to match your railing with that of the rest of your stair, for a seamless, uniform look that flows through your entire structure. We also offer more than one side of railing when needed to ensure the safety level of your stair meets any use even beyond code. So you’re not limited to placing your stair against a wall.

Platform Material

Besides balusters and railing style, Paragon will also match the material of your resting and landing platforms to the rest of your stair. So if you choose all Brazilian cherry for your stair, your platforms will be Brazilian cherry. That goes for other indoor materials such as primed steel and outdoor materials such as aluminum and galvanized steel. Which means your platform can be as beautiful and/or weather-resistant as the rest of your stair.

Your consultative designer can go over your space and project’s needs to find the right platform. Whether you’re doing a well cut, face mount, or if you’re not sure what your rotation requirements are, Paragon’s goal is to ensure you get the right type of platform. Even if your project has a special need like a walkway style platform, we can still take the time to custom create a platform with the dimensions to match your space perfectly.

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At Paragon Stairs, balusters (the vertical rods that connect the handrail to the steps)—also known as spindles or banisters—provide an opportunity to customize the look and feel of your stair thanks to beautiful materials like wood and wrought iron. These materials also let you choose the location of your spiral stair like primed steel for indoor lofts or galvanized steel for outdoor decks.

In addition to galvanized steel, another prime option for outdoor deck application is an aluminum baluster. Paragon’s aluminum balusters are incredibly resilient to all weather conditions and come with the added benefit of powder coating. With powder coating, you can choose a color for your baluster that matches your outdoor space perfectly. While powder coating comes standard in black, you can select any color you desire from the Pantone color matching system thanks to our complete and proprietary finishing work.

Similarly, the indoor material of standard primed steel for your baluster can come painted the custom color of your choice, also from the Pantone color matching system. Alternatively, if you’re a DIYer, the fact that the baluster comes primed means you can paint it a custom color on your own.

More than color choices, with Paragon you can also mix and match your baluster selection in order to create a more unique and custom look for your spiral stair. Choose any three from Paragon’s broad spectrum of designs or stick to just one design for a more uniform and simplistic look—whichever best suits your personal taste.

Baluster Safety

Aside from the style element, there’s also the added benefit of safety offered by balusters. Paragon provides you with the choice of anywhere from zero to three center balusters (each step has a baluster at the front edge and back edge—any balusters between these two are center balusters. The more center balusters, the narrower the gaps between them). The more center balusters you choose, the safer your stair will be. Center balusters may or may not be a necessary level of safety for your situation, though, depending on whether or not your stair needs to meet code and on what members in your household need to use the stair.

For instance, if you have small children or small pets in your household that will use the stair, you may want more center balusters for smaller gaps. With too few balusters, there is a small chance that a child or small dog may be able to fit their head in the larger gap. If this happens, you may find yourself in need of a new single baluster. Luckily, when you buy your spiral stair from us, Paragon sells single replacement balusters to match the rest of your stair, and buying just one for replacement purposes makes it easy to keep baluster cost down.

Furthermore, because Paragon’s spiral stairs are easy to install on your own with basic tools, replacing a single is also a simple matter. So your stair will be back to normal soon. To better avoid the potential need for replacements, you might consider buying more center balusters to begin with.

Balusters can add decorative elements to your stair frame. Again, our forged iron line comes in cage ball, feather, scroll, and more. Our all wood line also comes in either simplistic contemporary designs or more elaborate looks to make it easy to set just the right tone for your stair.

If your home does not have small children, small pets, or elderly members, then you may have the flexibility to go with a more open look with fewer center balusters to match a more minimalist décor theme.

This open concept for a spiral stair is a great approach for any contemporary space like an urban chic apartment in a metro area. And the contemporary space doesn’t have to be a residence, it can be a commercial space too. An open air design spiral stair would make a great addition to an art studio or a café. The atmosphere of any fashion-forward space could easily benefit from a spiral stair with a modern, sleek look. And Paragon provides balusters with basic tube designs as well as the more ornate options to satisfy your minimalist style.

The effectiveness of any look you try to achieve with your space is in the details. Those details are the individual pieces and components that make up your space, and with a spiral stair, one of those individual, and important, components is the balusters. This accessory lets you customize the open or closed look, the safety, the color, the indoor or outdoor functionality, and how ornate or simple your stair is. So a manufacturer like Paragon Stairs with options to satisfy all of these looks and applications is a perfect choice for you baluster needs.

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