Curved Handrail

Pure Timber manufactures hardwood handrail custom bent to your radius, or flexible for bending on site. Available in red oak, white oak, ash, cherry, maple, walnut, and sometimes other domestic hardwood species. 1.5" and 1.75" round profile, and lengths of 8' to 10'. Order each part about 1' extra long so that you can join them with a long scarf joint or use rail bolts or zip bolts. We can pre-bend the parts for you. If you don't have accurate radius information, we can supply the planks flexible, and over-bent, so that you can "un-bend" them to the desired radius prior to install. Un-bending is easy but takes a little experimenting with to get the desired result. To unbend the rail, clamp one end of the handrail to a long plank (handrail curve is smile up). Flatten the handrail completely by bending the unfastened end down to the other end of the plank and hold with a clamp. Allow about 1 hour of hold time for every 10% of the bend you want to remove. If you take too much of the bend out, no problem, you can reverse the process and re-bend.. Pistol grip clamps like the Irwin XP work well for this process. Check big box stores for these clamps. Home Depot has a Dewalt version that they call a trigger clamp.

Pricing for custom curved handrail ranges from $80 to $120 per linear foot. The low end is for oak and ash in 1.5". The high end is for cherry and walnut in 1.75". Sliding scale in-between. Call or email for a custom quote chris.mroz@puretimber.com 253-988-2046.

Shown below: Andaz Hotel, Mauii. 120' linear feet of curved handrail from Pure Timber. We also built all wood components on this 60 foot long stairway...