Wood and Iron combo. (Pics)

[Richard Wolf]

This is one of my latest rail jobs. Wood posts and rails, with wrought iron balusters. This look is becoming popular. It's not for everyone, but some people like the "European" look.
Installing the iron baluster is not much different than installing wood. The cost is only a $500 upcharge on this job.

Richard

[Don Baer]

Once again more superb workmanship.

[lloyd morris]

Richard,


What beautiful work! I have admired your stairs and railngs from other posts and I am just getting around to mentioning it. Thanks for posting the pictures. If you don't mind my asking, how long does it take you to make and install a stair case like this one? Also how do you fasten the iron into the rails and steps?

Thanks,

Lloyd Morris

[Tony Falotico]

Another great job Richard, I like it very much!

Is the upcharge materials, labor, or both ??

[Richard Wolf]

Thanks LLoyd, I hope people aren't getting tried of looking at my rails?
I don't always build the stairs and I didn't build these stairs. I really am a specialist and do mostly railings and let some of the larger factories build the stairs. In the North East, stairs are built in shop and deliveried complete to construction sites.

The railing in this house took my son (21 years old) and I, eight hours to install. Keep in mind that I have been doing this for 15 years and they seem to fall in place now.
Thes wrought iron balusters are designed to work with wood and fit in a 1/2 inch hole under the rail. We drill a 5/8 inch hole in the step, drive in a wedge and epoxy it, and it gets covered with the little shoe at the bottom.
The only thing that slows me down is that all the iron has to be cut to lenght with a portable bandsaw.

Thanks for looking.

Richard

[Richard Wolf]

Another great job Richard, I like it very much!

Is the upcharge materials, labor, or both ??

It's for both, labor and materials.

Thanks

Richard

[Martin Shupe]

Richard,

I, for one, never get tired of looking at pics of your work. You are a master craftsman!

Keep those pics coming, and thanks for posting them.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Richard.....I do so enjoy your posts! You are truly an artisan!

[Gary Herrmann]

I would definitely pay the upcharge. I like the combination and the way it turned out. Well done.

[Christian Aufreiter]

Thanks LLoyd, I hope people aren't getting tried of looking at my rails?

You are joking, aren't you? I really enjoy your pics and posts.

Christian

[Gail O'Rourke]

Richard, it is quite lovely. I love to decorate with a "mixed media" approach. I live in a "cape" and my stairs are boxed in, I would to have a set as elegant as this to descend. Great job.

[Jim Dunn]

That is just beautiful...!! I like it a lot. Richard have you ever done anything like that with glass? I like the idea of glass inserts in a deck railing for the added view.

[lou sansone]

keep up the great work and pictures. your work is really good and gives a lot of ideas to those just looking. thanks for sharing them with all of us

lou

[Jim Becker]

That's really nice, Richard! As a matter of fact, the replacement railing I have planed for the library loft in our great room will be built using the iron balusters and shoes. I really like the look.

[Dev Emch]

Richard...

This work is just lovely! Thanks for keeping the old school ways and looks alive. You guys have to admit that nothing that George Jettson can conjur up can come close to competing with this look