Ascend Talons on a FLIGHT Mono staircase and landing.

FLIGHT Buyer's Guide

How to Buy FLIGHT Floating Stairs

STEP 1: Select Your FLIGHT Style

With a system for every space, find the right fit for your project.

FLIGHT Mono

The original Viewrail floating stair, FLIGHT Mono was created to be sculptural, structural, and artistic. Make a statement while letting the stair’s surroundings soar.

Design Options
Stringer Powder Coat Color
Wood Species and Finish
Railing Style
Exterior Tread Available

Upgrades
LED Treads
LED handrail
Grip strips
Glass risers

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FLIGHT Cantilever

Pure minimalism meets gravity-defying engineering. Propriety tech means treads are fully supported, while wall-mounted brackets are entirely hidden.

Design Options
Wood Species and Finish
Glass Type
Top Cap
LED Upgrades

Standard Features
Vedera Glass Railing

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FLIGHT Stack

A marvel of modern design, FLIGHT Stack erases the stringers from view entirely. It elevates a closed-riser design, while offering something boldly unique and distinctly modern.

Design Options
Wood Species and Finish
Glass Type
Top Cap
LED Upgrades

Standard Features
Vedera Glass Railing

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FLIGHT Spiral

This all-in-one system delivers helical treads, curved rod infill, and premium materials that complement each other perfectly.

Design Options
Interior Butcher Block
Exterior Metal Pan
Metal Powder Coat Color
Wood Species and Finish
LED Upgrade

Standard Features
Round Posts
Stainless Steel Rod Infill
Round Metal Handrail

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Download Exterior Spec Sheet >

STEP 2: Select Your Wood Species and Finish

Mix and match wood species and finishes for a look that's uniquely yours.

Wood Species

The character, color, and feel of your treads and handrail start with choosing your wood species.

African Mahogany African Mahogany
American Cherry American Cherry
Ash Ash
Brazilian Cherry Brazilian Cherry
Hard Maple Hard Maple
Hickory Hickory
Oak - Quartersawn Oak
Poplar Poplar
Red Oak Red Oak
Walnut Walnut
White Oak White Oak

Not Pictured: Heart Hickory, Quartersawn and Riftsawn White Oak

Wood Finish

Choose from a wide variety of finishes, light to dark and a rich array of hues. Finishes shown on White Oak.

White Oak - Dune Dune
White Oak - Willow Willow
White Oak - Seagrass Seagrass
White Oak - Wheatfield Wheatfield
White Oak - Sagebrush Sagebrush
Tumbleweed
White Oak - Fieldstone Fieldstone
White Oak - Shoal Shoal
White Oak - Lichen Lichen
White Oak - Shale Shale
White Oak - Sea Breeze Sea Breeze
White Oak - Oakmoss Oakmoss
White Oak - Slate Slate
White Oak - Sunset Sunset
White Oak - Golden Hour Golden Hour
Redwood
Spruce
White Oak - Slate Mesa
Granite
Juniper
Orchard
White Oak - Sandstone Sandstone
White Oak - Manzanita Manzanita
Boxwood
White Oak - Timber Timber
White Oak - Sequoia Sequoia
White Oak - Cedar Cedar
White Oak - Loam Loam
White Oak - Fog Fog
White Oak - Tidepool Tidepool
Precipice
White Oak - Terrace Terrace
White Oak - Trailhead Trailhead
White Oak - Basalt Basalt
White Oak - Cobblestone Cobblestone
White Oak - Shade Tree Shade Tree

STEP 3: Select Your Metal Finish

Add color to your stringer, posts, and metal handrail.

Metal Finishes

Choose from an array of premium powder coat finishes. Want a custom color? No problem. Talk to your rep when you get your quote.

Bright White Bright White
Warm Stone Textured Plaster
Alabaster White Alabaster White
Limestone Buff Limestone Buff
Polished Silver Polished Silver
Gray Mist Gray Mist
Graphite Gray Graphite Gray
Deep Pewter Deep Pewter
Jet Black Jet Black
Textured Black Textured Black
Burnished Bronze Burnished Bronze
Light Bronze Light Bronze
Iron Oxide Iron Oxide
Desert Sand Desert Sand
Bright Brass Bright Brass
Burnished Gold Burnished Gold
Warm Stone Warm Stone
Pistachio Green Pistachio Green
Spruce Green Spruce Green
Midnight Blue Midnight Blue

STEP 4: Select Your Glass Railing Style

Glass is a sophisticated, natural choice to showcase your floating stairs.

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Vedera

When it comes to integrated glass railing for your FLIGHT system, nothing beats Vedera.

Vedera delivers zero exposed hardware and crystal clear glass to perfectly accentuate the beauty of the stairs and the room beyond. Our proprietary hardware integrates the glass into the treads, then covers them with tread-matching “end slices”, ensuring a continuous wood grain and clean line of sight. Pair with a metal or matching wood cap rail.

Use Case
Stairs, Landings

Mounting
Side

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Stair-Compatible Glass Systems

Use any of these glass railing systems on your stairs and pair with the same or complementary systems on landings, balconies, and more.

Spec Sheets
Ascend Talons
Standoff Pins
Base Rail
Posts

Level Surface Glass Systems

Use these styles on landings and other level runs as the perfect pairing to your stair railing.

Spec Sheets
Talons
Recessed Base Rail
Hidden Side Mount
Barrier Posts

Glass Panel Types

From crystal clear to dark and moody, make a statement with your glass panel type.

 

Consider Hydrophobic Coating
A professional-grade, poly-siloxane, hydrophobic coating, Invisible Shield® PRO 15 will protect and preserve your glass against soiling, staining, pitting, and scratches for years to come. Available for all glass types. 

Low-iron Staphire Glass

Low-Iron Starphire®

Solar Gray glass panels

Solar Gray

Solar Bronze glass panels in a Base Rail system

Solar Bronze

Frosted glass panels on a Base Rail system

Frosted

STEP 5: Select Your Cable Railing Style

A modern choice with a variety of infill and mounting styles.

Signature Cable Railing on a switchback FLIGHT Mono staircase.

Signature

High-End, Fully-Custom Railing Solutions

When your project demands the highest quality and most flexible railing solution, choose Signature. Mix and match styles, colors, and materials for a perfect match to your space. You’ll work with your own project team on the exact layout and look you want.

Signature Infill

Choose from premium cable and rod options for interior or exterior projects. All can be coastal rated. Opt for stainless rods for curved applications.

Close up of Signature Railing with cable infill

Stainless Cable

Close up of Signature Railing with stainless rod infill

Stainless Rod

Close up of Signature Railing with onyx infill

Onyx Rod

Signature Mounting Styles

Choose the right style and fit for your deck, balcony or stairs. Talk to your rep about which styles are right for your specific FLIGHT system.

Learn more about all styles >

Signature Surface Mount Surface
Signature Angled Foot Angled Foot
Signature Standard Side Mount Side
Signature Slim Side Mount Slim Side
Signature Slim Side Mount Bump Out Slim Bump Out
Signature Core Drill Core Drill
Special Application Mount Special Application
Signature Tread Inset Mount Tread Inset
Signature Tread Side Mount Tread Side

STEP 6: Select Your Handrail or Top Cap

Put the finishing touch on your cable or glass railing.

Signature Metal Handrail

All available for interior or exterior applications.

See all handrail options >

Quick Slide Quick Slide
Beverage Quickslide Handrail Beverage
Stainless Handrail With Plugged End Steel
2" Round Metal Handrail Round Steel

Signature Wood Handrail

Each wood handrail style comes in a variety of wood species and finishes.

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5600 Round 5600 Round
6000 Mission 6000 Mission
6002 Solid 6002 Solid
6004 Graspable 6004 Graspable
6005 Beverage 6005 Beverage
6200 Rectangular 6200 Rectangular
6084 Modern
6001 Ipe 6001 Exterior Ipe
6002 Exterior Solid 6002 Exterior Solid
6007 Exterior Beverage 6007 Exterior Beverage

Glass Top Cap

Metal top caps available for interior or exterior applications. 6008 wood top cap is for interior use only.

Aluminum Cap Rail Aluminum
Aluminum Cap Rail Steel
Walnut - Wood Top Cap For Glass 6008 Wood

STEP 7: More Design Options

From LED lighting to Iron Balusters, explore every choice.

Flooring by Schafer Floors

Craft your floor and tread designs together, creating an intentional, well-designed transition from floor to stair, stair to landing. Schafer premium engineered hardwood flooring is designed for strength and style — crafted from three layers of exceptionally strong, domestic northern hardwood.

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Wide plank Schafer flooring shown in living room.

LED Lighting

Add a warm, welcoming feel throughout your living space with under-tread LED lights in your stair system or integrated directly into your handrail. Our tread and handrail designs seamlessly organizes wiring and connects directly to your power systems.

Learn more about LEDs >

 

*Full wire concealment and power supply connection cannot be guaranteed in every configuration. Customer must provide driver/controller for LED handrail.

LED Treads on FLIGHT Spiral LED Treads on Spiral
LED Treads LED Treads
LED Handrail LED Handrail

Handrail

Go beyond a cable handrail or glass top cap with a variety of handrail options, from wall-mounted to recessed.

Wall-Mounted Handrail Wall-Mounted
Glass-Mounted
Post-Mounted
Recessed Handrail on the wall over a FLIGHT Cantilever stair system. Recessed

Express

Premium DIY Cable Railing

For a high-quality cable railing that’s easy to install yourself, with multiple color and layout options, choose Express. Choose your railing online, get it shipped within a couple of days, then install yourself with easy-to-follow instructions.

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Express Cable Railing on an overlook and FLIGHT Mono stairs.

DriveTite

Connect to wood posts with either cable or rod infill with our DriveTite and RodTite options. Opt for metal line posts for mid-span support when wood posts are far apart.

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DriveTite DriveTite
RodTite RodTite

Traditional Railing

Take a page from timeless, traditional styles with a selection of bars, newels and balusters that give your home a contemporary feel.

Horizontal Bars with wood newel posts. Horizontal Bars
Wood Newel and horizontal bars. Wood Newels
Iron Baluster infill for a Signature railing on stairs. Iron Balusters