Milled in Chico, California

Railing & Stairs

Our log and timber stair and railing line is unmatched in the market. Beyond custom wood railings, we integrate log and timber railing with Fortress FE26 steel railing.

Every railing detail below is drawn for both round and timber.

Handrail: 3 3/4 inch round or 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 inch timber
Picket: 2 1/2 inch round or 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch

Guard rail

Log or timber. The rails come drilled and the railing comes assembled.

Lengths from 2′ to 12′, in 1′ increments.

Log (round) guardrail

Top and bottom rail: 3 3/4″ diameter, hand-peeled look
Pickets: 2 1/2″ diameter, hand-peeled look
Picket height: 34″
Tenon: 1 1/2″ diameter x 2″ long, both ends
Overall height: 38″
Predrilled for pickets: 1 1/2″ holes, 6″ on center

Timber guardrail

Top and bottom rail: 3 3/4″ x 3 3/4″, hand-hewn
Pickets: 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″, hand-hewn
Picket height: 34″
Tenon: 1 1/2″ diameter x 2″ long, both ends
Overall height: 38″
Predrilled for pickets: 1 1/2″ holes, 6″ on center

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Stair rail

Log or timber. The rails come un-drilled and un-assembled, to be fitted to the stair. The rail's angle depends on the number of risers.

Lengths from 2′ to 12′, in 1′ increments.

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Log or timber on steel rail

A log or timber rail cap on Fortress FE26 or RDI steel infill, as a guard rail or a stair rail. The steel stair rail racks to whatever angle the stair needs.

Lengths of 6′ and 8′.

A round log rail cap, peeled and pale, running along a black steel baluster panel to a square timber post, set up in the showroom. — Built: a log rail cap on black steel balusters.

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Picket

The same picket for the stair rail and the guard rail, with the same tenon for log and timber: round with its peel, or hewn timber.

Standard length 34″. Custom lengths available.

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Details

A long covered porch in low sun, looking out over a valley with a creek and a pond: round log railings with evenly spaced round pickets run between round log posts, under a log header and a pale board ceiling. — Log railing
Log posts, a log header and a round log railing on a covered porch.

Close on a log railing at the corner of a deck in low sun: round log rails meet a log post, and the faceted round pickets between them, each tapered at its ends, throw striped shadows across the deck boards. — Log railing, close up
A round log railing on a deck.

The three pieces of the log rail installation kit on the store counter, still in their packaging: a Diablo 3 3/4 inch bi-metal hole saw in a red and white blister pack, a Wood Owl 3 5/8 inch self-feed wood bit in a white canister, and a Diablo Snap-Lock Plus mandrel with its pilot drill bit and thread adapter nuts, each with a price sticker. — Log rail installation tool kit, $195
Hole saw, Wood Owl bit and arbor, for installing log rails: a Diablo 3 3/4″ bi-metal hole saw, a Wood Owl 3 5/8″ self-feed wood bit and a Diablo Snap-Lock Plus mandrel.

A log stair inside a house, against walls of horizontal siding: half log treads, flat side up, climb a log horse, round pickets tapered at each end stand between a round log handrail and a lower rail, and a tall log post rises beside the stair, with a log railing round the loft above. — Log stairs
Log stairs inside, with matching siding on the walls.

A timber railing round the top of a stair, over a plywood subfloor: square timber posts with chamfered tops, a timber top rail over flat timber pickets cut to a point at each end, and the stair rail running down beside a black pipe. — Timber railing
Timber posts and railing, at the top of a stair.

Two decks, one above the other, under the gable of a house, the wood stained a warm red-brown: square timber posts and timber top rails with black steel balusters between them, over heavy timber beams with black bolt heads at the joints. — Timber on steel rail
A timber deck and posts with a steel rail.

A timber stair rising from a deck among trees: square timber posts, timber handrails over shaped timber pickets, open treads between timber horses, and rows of three black fastener heads down the horse. — Timber stairs
A timber stair, guard rail and posts on a deck.

Interested in another combination of rails and pickets, in logs or in timbers? Ask. We will accommodate it.

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Stair systems

Complete stair systems, inside for lofts and outside for decks, in logs or in timbers. Each is drawn below as the mill details it, and every figure in its list is read off that drawing.

Log stair system

12″ log horse & treads

Half log treads set into notches cut in two log horses, each tread screwed down to the horse, the screws countersunk and plugged.

The mill's detail drawing of the log stair system, side on: a log horse running down from an upper subfloor to a lower subfloor or slab, half log treads drawn in red along it, and a callout for each figure in the list beside it. — The mill's detail drawing. Open it full size or download it as a PDF, 23 September 2026.

Stair horse: (2) 12″ log
Tread: Half log tread, 6″ thick x 12″ wide
Tread notch: 3″ deep for 12″ half log tread
Fixed run: 10″
Fixed tread width: 12″
Max rise: 7 3/4″Variable based upon # of risers needed, no greater than 3/8″ difference
Tread to horse: (2) Simpson SDW12 fasteners per horseCountersunk & plugged
Stair horse angle: Variable based upon riser height38° as drawn
Subfloor at the top: Typically 1′ thick
At the foot: Subfloor, typically 1′ thick, or slab, typically 4″ thick

A 3D model of the log stair system with nothing around it: a straight run of half log treads, round side down, stepping from an upper floor to a lower one on log horses under them. — The system on its own, as modelled

A log stair seen from the side in a finished log home: half log treads, their cut ends showing, climb along a peeled log horse under a cedar ceiling, with a log handrail and round log pickets above them. In front, a log railing and a log newel post guard the stair down to the floor below. — Finished, from the side: half log treads on their horse

Low at the foot of a log stair: three half log treads, flat side up and sanded smooth, rest across round log horses whose ends show beneath them. Beyond, the stair turns and climbs past a peeled log post, its half log treads in a row under a log railing. — At the foot, the flat of each tread on round log horses

A log stair climbing a round log wall in a house still being built: half log treads, cut ends showing, along a peeled log horse, with a peeled log post and a knotty natural log post standing in front and radiant heat tubing looped across the floor. — Before the floor goes in, with nothing hiding the horse

Timber stair system

4x14 timber horse & 4x12 timber treads

Timber treads between two timber horses, fastened through the horse with Simpson screws finished in Simpson decor hex nuts.

The mill's detail drawing of the timber stair system, side on: a timber horse running down from an upper subfloor to a lower subfloor or slab, timber treads drawn in red dashes along it, and a callout for each figure in the list beside it. — The mill's detail drawing. Open it full size.

Stair horse: (2) 4x14 timbers
Tread: Timber tread, 4″ thick x 12″ wide
Fixed run: 10″
Fixed tread width: 12″
Max rise: 7 3/4″Variable based upon # of risers needed, no greater than 3/8″ difference
Tread fasteners: (3) Simpson SDW8″With Simpson decor hex nuts
Stair horse angle: Variable based upon riser height38° as drawn
Subfloor at the top: Typically 1′ thick
At the foot: Subfloor, typically 1′ thick, or slab, typically 4″ thick

A 3D model of the timber stair system with nothing around it: two timber horses running from an upper floor down to a lower one, with square timber treads between them and open space between the treads. — The system on its own, as modelled

A two-flight outside stair up to a covered deck, stained deep red: timber horses with the treads between them and rows of black hex nut heads down their faces, log posts at the landing and the foot, and log railings with round pickets up both sides. River rock piers and a concrete patio under the deck, pines behind. — Up to a deck, stained, the hex nuts showing down each horse

Looking up an indoor stair of thick, hand hewn timber treads set between timber horses, square hewn newel posts at the foot, timber handrails over black rebar pickets and a black pipe handrail on the left, with paper still laid over the floor. — Inside, before the floor is finished: hewn timber treads

A short outside stair up to a front door at dusk: timber horses and treads, square timber posts at the foot, black at their base, timber handrails over shaped timber pickets, and the same pickets along the porch railing beside it. — A front entry, its railing matched to the porch

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