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arcways Innovation
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Since the beginning, Arcways has been a leader in the staircase industry -- developing
methods and technologies to build better stairs. Innovation is a hallmark of Arcways as a company and developments are ongoing. This is what you can expect:
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One-of-a-kind stairways.
Arcways leads the industry in developing one-of-a-kind approaches such as the distinctive
“S” shaped stairway shown here. This stairway creates visual impact in the foyer and sets the tone for the rest of the home.
Full Shop Drawings.
Arcways routinely develops full shop drawings for every stair we build, a longstanding tradition that sets us apart.
Distinctive touches, such as the bowed starting steps and serpentine balcony above, are signature
Arcways features. When added to already unique stairs, these details really make a dramatic difference.
With Arcways’ curved wall template system (Patented # 7,552,564), building a perfect curved wall to match the radius of your curved stair is fast and effortless.
- Once your stair has been designed, Arcways draws an exact footprint of your stair.
- A precise wood template is created from this drawing and shipped to the job site during the framing process.
- The numbered stair pieces are laid down and locked together like a child’s jigsaw puzzle.
- After the stair pieces have been connected, simply slide the wall plates into position and begin framing.
- When the stair is installed, it’s a perfect fit.
Arcways has developed systems for stair construction and installation that enable customers to expose every part of the stair.
- Arcways exclusive travel beam system ensures a perfect marriage between the outside wall edge of the stringer and the finished drywall edge.
- Small details such as decorative multilayered trim with profiled end on the return side of the stairway, shaped (not bent) to the proper radius, gives the tread a refined look.
- Arcways stair carriages are mechanically fastened from underneath, eliminating visible nail holes or larger trim
head screw holes.
Arcways has developed systems for stair construction and installation that enable customers to expose every part of the stair.
- Arcways exclusive metal-to-metal taploc baluster fasteners ensure longevity, quick installation, rigidity, and clean finishing. Once the balusters and treads have been finished, simply screw in the assembly.
- Arcways exclusive hidden newel fasteners are guaranteed to exceed your rail rigidity requirements. This advanced mechanical fastener is entirely hidden and will enable you to fasten your newel post in less than half the time as what is currently being sold at the local lumber yard.
The graciousness of an Arcways stair starts with construction.
- The continuous handrail is horizontally laminated and shaped. An endless array of custom profiles are available.
- Every Arcways helical descending volute is specifically crafted to the specific pitch of your handrail.
- Arcways starter step riser construction is meticulously formed from solid hardwood stock. In addition, our solid formed riser rotates well beyond 180 degrees, creating a mirror image of the Arcways helical volute outline above and a smooth flat riser face.
Arcways understands how important time and cost is to builders and homeowners.
- Using an Arcways curved stair is as easy and cost effective as possible. Our stairs arrive at the job site on time and ready to install with our factory trained technician ready to assist you in "setting" the stairs, which normally takes just a few hours.
- Arcways exclusive specially-designed, heavy-duty corrugated cardboard covering overlaps each other and creates a sleeve-like barrier. This offers protection during delivery and at the jobsite.
Arcways works with other professional companies and organizations to deliver the most advanced products and methods available.
- As the exclusive U.S. source for handcrafted balusters and newels from Torneados Muñoz of Spain, your Arcways stair can be more unique than anything available from another company.
- Arcways can help coordinate foyer medallions and other details to give your home design continuity.
More than 8 years ago, Arcways and Chief Architect began a collaboration to assist architects and homeowners with proper stair design.
- Drawing an elaborate Arcways curved stairway in Chief Architect’s powerful 3D software is now a simple task, completed in just minutes. Arcways handrail and baluster profile selections are prominently displayed in an easy menu driven format.
- With Chief Architect’s 3D rendering capability, once your Arcways stair is designed, you can quickly and easily view a rendering for an incredibly realistic view of your finished stairway.
Dedicated professionals monitor every detail of every stair from start to finish.
Every step of the way—from concept and design to building and installation— Arcways guides the process with a skilled team unparalleled in the industry. Count on Arcways for the professional approach required by fine homebuilding.
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High-Accuracy 7-Axis Robotics
Arcways is the only known stairway company worldwide that possesses high accuracy 7 axis robotics. Complex one-of-a-kind 5 axis profiled objects can be carved out offline and unmanned effortlessly with extreme precision. Benefit from Arcways technology and single source custom stairway solutions.
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Handrails
 With Arcways, the continuous handrail is horizontally laminated and shaped. (It will not spring back like bent rails.) An endless array of custom profiles are available, all featuring beautiful face grain top surface.
With competitors, the handrail is bent, (not shaped) using vertical laminations. Top face of railing reveals glue lines and undesirable edge grain. Rail has visible finger joints, a limited number of profiles, and can delaminate over time. |
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Treads
Arcways treads have a radiused return for added elegance and mitered corners for beauty. Riser to stringer corner is mitered so only face grain shows. Only premium-grade Northern Glacier materials are used.
Tread has a straight return which shows end grain. Risers are usually butt-joined to stringer revealing end grain. Just Appalachian "select or better" materials are used. |
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Volutes
Each and every Arcways helical descending volute is specifically crafted to the specific pitch of your handrail geometry. Our descending volutes lower the rail height beginning by approximately 6 inches, adding significant drama to the base of the stairway.
The industry standard volute is flat with a short easing attachment. This volute stands approximately 6 inches higher in elevation which creates an awkward tall abrupt appearance to the beginning of your stairway.
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Screed Edge Details
Arcways exclusive built up screed edge enables the drywall finisher to easily and quickly marry Arcways stair stringer to the finished wall. This critical line of sight now has the ability to be seamless.
Competitors don’t provide an edge for the drywall finisher to rest a trowel. This produces unsightly gaps between finished wall and finished stair stringer edge. |
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Blind Carriage Fasteners
All Arcways stair carriages are mechanically fastened from underneath, eliminating visible nail holes or larger trim head screw holes. This assembly process intrigues many of our tour guests.
Job built stairs are constructed with underlayment material, which requires fastening on the exposed or finished side. Filled holes result, creating a less than perfect surface for finishing. |
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Newel Fasteners
Arcways exclusive hidden newel fasteners are guaranteed to exceed your rail rigidity requirements. This advanced mechanical fastener is entirely hidden and will enable you to fasten your newel post in less than half the time as what is currently being sold at the local lumber yard. Our newel fastener even gives you the opportunity to retighten if the floor system shrinks with just a slight turn of the post.
The lag method used by many competitors with pilot holes and plugs is not friendly to either carpenter or finisher. This method also requires that you remember to in-fill blocking below the sub floor for proper embedment. It’s a slow method of attachment which requires the finisher to color match the visible plug after installation. Railing systems that loosen over time typically are the result of newel posts that have minimal lag depth embedment because no blocking exists below the sub floor. There’s no way of retightening without a messy outcome.
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Baluster Fasteners
The exclusive Arcways metal to metal tap-loc baluster fasteners will ensure longevity, quick installation, rigidity, and clean finishing. Once finished, simply screw in the assembly. The physical size of Arcways hardware is twice that of our competitors’ fasteners.
With double-ended lags, rigidity and longevity suffer with the physical size of the lag. Installation is slow and the finish is often marred when the lag is rotated into the baluster and tread. |
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Return Trim
Small details such as decorative multilayered trim with profiled end on the return side of the stairway, shaped (not bent) to the proper radius, gives the tread a refined look.
The basic cove trim under the tread with a back sand return side termination, often times bent into place, lacks refinement. |
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Starter Steps
Arcways starter step riser construction is meticulously formed from solid hardwood stock. In addition, our solid formed riser rotates well beyond 180 degrees, creating a mirror image of the Arcways helical volute outline above and a a smooth flat riser face.
Pressboard with a thin veneer exterior is used, often showing ripples at kerf lines. This bent riser stops at 180 degrees and does not mirror the volute above. Repair is difficult due to the sand-through ability of the veneer. |
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Protectors
Arcways specially-designed, heavy-duty corrugated cardboard covering overlaps each other and creates a sleeve like barrier. This offers protection during delivery and at the jobsite.
Competitors often use plastic that’s slippery and tends to puncture and tear. This petroleum-based product is unfriendly to the environment.
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