Barrier ropes and decorative handrails made in the UK by Stair Ropes.com

Used to create a temporary or decorative rope barrier, these ropes are assembled with open or trigger hooks fitted on each end. The end hooks may be attached to eye plates for fixing on to a wall, or directly hooked on to heavy duty free standing posts.

barrier rope in hemp with chrome fittings

StairRopes.com make barrier ropes and handrails to measure. Suitable ropes for decorative barrier applications are the natural ropes such as hemp, cotton or manila - or the synthetic ropes, available in buff, red, blue, black, wine, raspberry, navy or white.

Our hand made speciality ropes make beautiful decorative barrier ropes and room dividers. These ropes are wound using a traditional technique known as "worming" and incorporate different diameter strands and colours to produce a multi layer twisted rope.
See examples of all our ropes, on the ROPES page.

Barrier ropes look good with a slight droop or curve. If you give us the distance to be spanned we can set the rope accordingly; a piece of string set across the gap will give a good idea of how a barrier rope will hang, and can be used as a measure to specify a drop that would suit.

Choose between solid brass fittings in polished brass or mirror chrome finish for 24mm ropes, or custom made wrought iron barrier rope fittings, available in a variety of finishes for all diameters of rope.

barrier rope hook end fittings in brass and chrome

High quality cast solid brass barrier rope fittings and posts are available in a polished brass finish or mirror chrome plated, and are suitable for 24mm ropes. Screws and wall plugs are provided for the eye plates.
End caps (without hooks) for barrier ropes are available for 24mm and 30mm (all ropes) and 32mm P.O.S.H in polished or matt brass, mirror chrome, satin nickel or stainless steel. Please enquire for details.

barrier rope hook end fitting and eyeplate in gunmetal finish steel

Our wrought iron fittings for barrier ropes are custom made locally, and may be ordered in a choice of diameters, styles and finishes.
Hook ends, eye plates and end caps can be used with the 24mm and 30mm natural, synthetic or speciality ropes, and with 32mm ropes in hemp and P.O.S.H. See all our ropes, on the ROPES page.

Examples of the finishes available to order on wrought iron stair rope brackets can be seen on the rope FITTINGS page. For more information, contact us to discuss.

Stairropes.com supply barrier ropes with hook ends fitted - we use a traditional sailmakers palm and needle whipping to secure the end of the rope, before attaching the fittings.

barrier rope in dark P.O.S.H. with brass fitiings

Barrier Ropes should not be used for support, as the end fitting is only held on to the rope by a screw. For a rope to bear weight, e.g. for a stair case, a knot needs to be tied in at each end, using the strands of the same rope. See KNOTS.

The strongest method possible for making a fitting on a barrier rope secure, and one which will ensure a long life is illustrated in the images below. We have replaced many fittings on barrier ropes where the screw has worn through taped or heat treated (melted) ends and inferior whippings.

Shown below is the process we use to attach a hook end fitting to the end of a barrier rope. The same method is used to fix end caps to barrier ropes. The retaining screw that secures the fitting to the end of the barrier rope bears up against a strong sailmaker's palm and needle whipping on the end of the rope. The whipping will be hidden from view by the collar of the fitting.