Frameless base channel
Polished stainless base channel inset into the oak stringer.
Case study · Hove
Frameless oak-and-glass stairwell
A Regency-era townhouse in Hove asked us to replace a tired timber handrail on a refurbished oak staircase with a frameless glass run that would let light through to the ground-floor hall.
- Service Glass balustrades →
- Location Hove →
- Project size 8 metres of frameless balustrade
- Lead time 3 weeks from order to install
- Completed March 2026
The brief
What the customer asked for
The clients had stripped back the original staircase to bare oak and wanted the new balustrade to disappear visually. The previous painted spindles cut the hall in two; the brief was to keep the structural protection but make it read as a single open volume.
Three flights with two landings, a total of 8 metres of glass. The substrate was the freshly-restored oak stringer and a newel post at each landing. No top rail. Document K compliance was a hard requirement because of the 4-metre drop to the hall floor.
The choices we made
How we approached the job
The decisions that shaped the finished piece - the spec, the materials and the details that mattered.
Toughened laminated glass
21.5mm toughened laminated panels to BS EN 12150.
Polished edges
All four edges polished to a flat mirror finish.
No top rail
Cleanest possible look — panels stiff enough to meet Document K on their own.
We had three glass companies quote and only Brooklands came out to look at the actual oak before pricing it. The detail at the base channel is the bit that makes the whole thing work.
- Sarah & Ben · Hove
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