Handrail Connectors & End Caps
Stainless steel elbows, tees, in-line connectors and end caps for 42mm and 48mm handrail tube. Brushed satin finish, sold singly, so you buy the joints your run actually needs.
Connectors
These join tube to tube and make the run continuous. Unlike key clamps, they sit tight to the tube and read as part of the rail rather than as a visible casting, which is why they are the ones to use where the handrail is on show.
- 90 degree elbow for a square corner, and the adjustable corner elbow where the corner is not square
- 135 and 45 degree elbow for the shallower turns you get round a landing or a bay
- In-line connector joins two lengths end to end, which is how you make a run longer than the tube you can get up the stairs
- 3 way tee picks up a branch off a straight run
- Handrail to post and corner handrail connectors step a 42mm rail onto a 48mm post, straight or on a corner
End caps
An open tube end looks unfinished, fills with water outdoors, and on a public handrail is a snagging point. Capping it takes seconds.
- Standard tube end caps for 42mm and 48mm, the plain finish to a run
- Slotted end caps for slotted tube, so the glass channel is closed off too
- Multi grooved and square caps where the detail needs to match existing work
- Terminating return elbow turns the rail back into the wall instead of stopping in mid air, which is what most public buildings and Part M want
Getting the size right
Measure the outside diameter of your tube before ordering. 42mm and 48mm look similar on a wall and are not interchangeable. If you are matching an existing rail rather than building new, measure it rather than guessing, and if a fitting is unusual, send us a photo and we will tell you what it is.
Tube is under handrail tube and posts, wall brackets under handrail brackets, and if you would rather bolt a rail together with an allen key than have it welded, see key clamp fittings.
Not a standard size?
This is made to order in our own Sheffield workshop, so it can just as easily be made to your dimensions instead. Send a photo and rough sizes and we will price it.