ᐅ Additional cost for beech staircase compared to oak staircase
Created on: 4 Sep 2020 08:55
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Chris S.
Hello everyone,
We are currently finalizing the plans for our single-family home. We are building a traditional solid brick house with a prefabricated house provider.
The offered price from the house supplier includes, as I believe is common with most providers, a two-stringer solid wood staircase made of finger-jointed beech. Since we don’t like the look of beech for aesthetic reasons, we would like to upgrade to knotty oak. The supplier is charging an additional 5,100 euros plus about 700 euros for an oiled finish. Do you think this extra cost is justified? The staircase itself remains the same, just oak instead of beech. It seems a bit high to me, especially since acquaintances have mentioned surcharges of around 2,000 euros.
Perhaps someone here has experience they could share with us. Thanks in advance.
We are currently finalizing the plans for our single-family home. We are building a traditional solid brick house with a prefabricated house provider.
The offered price from the house supplier includes, as I believe is common with most providers, a two-stringer solid wood staircase made of finger-jointed beech. Since we don’t like the look of beech for aesthetic reasons, we would like to upgrade to knotty oak. The supplier is charging an additional 5,100 euros plus about 700 euros for an oiled finish. Do you think this extra cost is justified? The staircase itself remains the same, just oak instead of beech. It seems a bit high to me, especially since acquaintances have mentioned surcharges of around 2,000 euros.
Perhaps someone here has experience they could share with us. Thanks in advance.
nordanney schrieb:
So, that means an extra charge of €120 for 4 steps. For €5,100, that would be 170 steps you could upgrade for the original poster. So from the basement up to the 12th floor. Man, always these mathematicians – they made my life difficult even back in school... But seriously: even if all the steps were perfectly straight, that still doesn’t quite add up. My steps, for example, are 32.5cm (13 inches). That means you only get 3 steps per square meter. With a spiral staircase, it’s a completely different story when you adjust the steps so that a full strip is always visible at the front of the edge-glued panels. That leads to quite a lot of waste.
Well... material consumption depends on the staircase layout. A spiral staircase often requires a less efficient cutting pattern for many steps. In general, we know too little about the staircase here for anyone to assess the additional cost. Is there possibly a railing included as well? As mentioned, the staircase shape matters.
The extra cost was somewhat reduced after the statement about the staircase spanning two floors. Still, the surcharge seems a bit high. I looked up some prices and found a 2018 price list from Treppen Junge, which generally indicates a 40% surcharge for oak.
Removing the staircase is always tricky. Does it still fit now? Is a construction staircase possible? Coordination of staircase dimensions and the surrounding floor structure, etc.
The extra cost was somewhat reduced after the statement about the staircase spanning two floors. Still, the surcharge seems a bit high. I looked up some prices and found a 2018 price list from Treppen Junge, which generally indicates a 40% surcharge for oak.
Removing the staircase is always tricky. Does it still fit now? Is a construction staircase possible? Coordination of staircase dimensions and the surrounding floor structure, etc.
Yes, a staircase has quite a few interfaces with other trades. I would definitely think that through carefully.
I assume the surcharge is from finger-jointed beech to continuous lamella oak? Overall, it's still quite steep—although at the local private timber dealer, the former is offered at 80€ and the latter at 230€ (40mm, per m² (0.43 sq ft)). Not absolutely relevant, but useful for comparison.
I assume the surcharge is from finger-jointed beech to continuous lamella oak? Overall, it's still quite steep—although at the local private timber dealer, the former is offered at 80€ and the latter at 230€ (40mm, per m² (0.43 sq ft)). Not absolutely relevant, but useful for comparison.
We were also offered finger-jointed beech wood. Terrible.
The additional cost would have been similar.
We then chose the alternative: stained beech, but not finger-jointed, instead with continuous grain (I don’t have the technical term handy).
It cost us next to nothing, maybe around 1000 euros (I don’t remember exactly).
We are very satisfied with our choice.
The additional cost would have been similar.
We then chose the alternative: stained beech, but not finger-jointed, instead with continuous grain (I don’t have the technical term handy).
It cost us next to nothing, maybe around 1000 euros (I don’t remember exactly).
We are very satisfied with our choice.
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Bertram1005 Sep 2020 08:08My double-winding staircase with 17 steps has an additional cost of 1000 euros net for the material when choosing oak instead of beech. The price for oiling or varnishing was the same: 800 euros.
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