Floating staircase tread materials compared — engineered and solid wood, steel, stone, marble, concrete and glass — with thickness, weight, code and slip points.

How to build a floating staircase in five stages — drawing, fabrication, trial assembly, crating and site install — plus the 7-11 comfort rule. Made to order, not a kit.

How is a floating staircase supported? The three structural systems, the loads they carry, deflection, and where engineering sign-off sits — from a stair factory.

What is a floating staircase? A factory's guide to cantilevered stairs — how they work, the hidden-support methods, materials, cost, code and safety.

Double Building Materials exhibited at IBS 2026, then visited Fort Lauderdale homes fitting our floating walnut staircase, frameless glass and cable railing.

Double Building Materials exhibited at Sydney Build 2026, then drove to Sydney homes to measure stairwells on site for custom staircases and glass railing.