In Alta Vista we installed a black metal stair railing with thin horizontal cable infill along an open staircase in a bright, two-storey entry. A separate black handrail is mounted to the wall side of the stair, and the cable guard keeps the view to the tall windows open.
Most of Alta Vista was built out between the 1950s and 1970s, so a large share of the railings we see here are original installations well past their expected service life.
The core stairs & railings work we handle in this area – every service is listed in the Services menu above.
A sample of the Ottawa-area communities we serve – see the full list in the Service Areas menu.
Recent job: stripping an old staircase back to its structure for a renovation.
See the Blackburn Hamlet project
Recent job: new treads and a newel post on an older staircase.
See the Rockcliffe Park project
Recent job: framing a new stairwell guard during a staircase build.
See the Kemptville project
Recent job: replacing a starting newel post with a square box newel.
See the Rockland project
Recent job: fitting a turned wood newel post on an interior staircase.
See the Embrun project
Recent job: a dark-stained wood railing around a basement stairwell.
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Yes, aged original railings past their service life are a regular part of our work in this neighbourhood.
It can – more shade and leaf litter mean more moisture retention on wood surfaces, so periodic resealing matters more.