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| Balusters | A vertical stair part turned, carved, or otherwise vertical section placed between the handrail and the stair tread or stair stringer. |
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| Balustrade | A rail system including the framework of rail, newels, and balusters |
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| Box | Straight stairs with closed stringers |
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| Brackets | Ornamental Pieces used on the skirt boards and stair stringers. Several different variations exist from carved to scroll. Typically they are 3/16" thick and made from the same wood species as the rest of the stair system. |
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| Bull Nose | A rounded front to a board |
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| Carriages | The angled pieces used to support the stair system and for the treads to rest upon. |
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| Code | The rules adopted by a state and / or local authorities that govern how a stairway must be put together for safety reasons. |
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| Curved Stair | Stairs that curve as they ascend. |
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| Jatoba | The technical name for Brazillian Cherry |
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| Landing | A resting place at the middle or top of a flight of stairs. Landings are often used to change the direction of a stair. |
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| Nosing | The front edge of the tread which projects beyond the face of the riser. It is usually rounded. |
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| Open Flight | A stair that is open or without a wall on one or both sides. |
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| Open Stringer | A stringer or skirt board that is cut out for the treads and risers. Typically the tread will have a return that hangs over the skirt board to finish the look. |
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| Open Well Stair | A stair with two or more flights around an open space. |
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| Opening Cap | A fitting or portion of the rail system which begins with a round cap and is connected to the handrail. |
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| Pin Top Baluster | A baluster having dowel type top rather then a square. This type of baluster is attached to the handrail by drilling a hole into the handrail and inserting the top of the baluster into the handrail. |
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| Pitch | The angle of the staircase. Determined by the rise and run. |
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| Plowed Rail | A plowed hand rail which has had the bottom grooved or plowed to accommodate a square top baluster. Fillet is used to fill the space between balusters |
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| Posts | Newels |
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| Rail System | The balustrade. Used to describe a complete rail system consisting of the handrail, newels, fittings, and balusters. |
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| Rake | The stair "rake" is the slope or angle of the staircase. |
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| Rise | The vertical distance between the upper surfaces of two consecutive treads. |
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| Risers | The vertical face to a step. |
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| Run | The horizontal dimension between the face of two consecutive risers |
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| Soffit | The visible sloping under-surface between the stair stringers |
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| Stair | Series of steps |
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| Stair Tread | The horizontal surface of a step |
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| Step | One unit of a stair, consisting of a riser and a tread |
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| Veneer | A thin sliced wood used to cover wood. Veneer is often used in tread ends and stair stringers. |
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| Wall Rail | Used where a stair runs alongside a wall and is attached to the wall with rail brackets. |
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| Winder | Tread that is narrower at one end then the other. Used to turn corners or go around curves. |
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