Are iron balusters and newel posts strong enough for interior ?
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Upgrade to wrought iron balusters
Comments (16)Because the majority of primed balusters come from china and are often finger jointed material. Because they are only 1/2" you will need a few more for the balcony than you would with a tapered wooden baluster. The epoxy that they should be installed with is considerably more expensive than white or wood glue and there are also the caps that need to be purchased and installed unless they are morticed into the treads (sqr holes) which would cost considerably more. Ian...See MoreBaluster color help Please!!
Comments (22)teaforwendy, I feel your pain. I was able to be around for the baluster change and here it is semi installed and I am thrilled. (I keep running my hand along the rail!!) The floor tone is a little off in this photo. In person it reads tobacco to my eyes, like in the second photo. I had shown a photo of what I wanted regarding floor color to my GC and we went with one of the stained samples he had made. However, when the stain was on, it was lighter and he had the flooring people do some kind of scraping and then restainig with a mixture of 2 stains. (I did not know any of this until I returned!) I love this floor color, but it was a process. My GC knew I did not want any red and I am very happy with the results. Good luck to you! I know you are pressed for time, but if you need more info, I can investigate......See MoreReplacing balusters
Comments (7)Morning; Vebtupete, that is a very nice web site but not really what cumpaniciu is wanting when looking at the balusters he/she is showing. OK, This is very hard to do by us in the business because the carpet has to be pulled back in a mannor that it can be reused (not too hard), then twisting out the wooden balusters & hoping the glue does not break the tops off of the baluster into the railing. So now every baluster is out with temp supports a couple of places on the rail so that it holds the orig position, now is the hole size in the rail too big or small? You have to redrill the hole out if too small and do you take the rail down to do this is up to you. As you can see, this is no cake walk, it's very hard & poor workmanship here is a big NO NO! I think you should consider other areas to put your efforts in to save the money & hire a professional stair guy in your area. Someone that does this for a living and for owners you can talk to, & can ask if they are happy with his work etc. I would also at that time spend the bucks to have your treads reworked so that the new iron baluster sets on wood, it's just the right look and why spend this kind of $$$ & not make it top notch because carpet around the baluster is a dated look and your wanting to up grade to todays look! My 2-cents! Check out this web site www.sierrastair.com & look at some of the finished jobs and see what you like. This way you will have the finished look your paying for. Old Stair Guy...See MorePaint wrought iron balusters?
Comments (11)McClark, yes the carpet is a solid tan (light tan). I love an oriental runner with exposed treads, especially coming down to a hardwood floor. Wish I knew how to post a picture, I'm going to do a search how to. Anyway, as you intuited, the stairs are very linear. No curves. Only one side of the stairs have exposed treads/risers. Due to the design of the staircase the "back" side of the stairs goes to the wall and the builder did not put exposed treads on that side, the carpet goes to the wall. IE, only one side of the tread is exposed So I wonder how an oriental runner would look in an asymmetrical arrangement like that. I will try to post a photo. We used to have a big dog, a German Shepherd, what a darling. Of course he scratched up the oak floors in two houses but I'd have him back in a minute! No replacement yet but nonetheless I am still a big dog lover and always will be. Marti, those really are pretty staircases, especially the curved silver one. They are clean and light and fairly contemporary. Mine is dark and fairly traditional, the dark being my main objection. I really have to post a photo. I will go look how to do that now. Thank you for finding and posting the photos....See MoreRelated Professionals
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