Frequently Asked Questions

Simple ornamental keeps a restrained structure and adds character through selected details such as a decorative newel, forged collars, or a scrolled panel. Luxury ornamental is drawn from scratch for your home, with sweeping forged scrollwork, sculpted florals, and hand painted or leafed detailing. Both are custom fabricated, but the luxury tier involves far more design and hand finishing time.

Simple ornamental keeps a clean railing structure and introduces character through selected forged details. Luxury ornamental is drawn specifically for your staircase, with sweeping scrollwork, sculpted florals, and hand painted or gilded finishing applied element by element. Both are custom fabricated; the luxury tier carries far more design and hand work.

This is a regular situation on larger Medina estate properties where covered connections between a main residence, guest house, or detached garage are part of the project scope.

Well, provided the specification matches the exposure. Powder coated aluminum will not rust, stainless hardware resists the damp, and on a lakefront property marine grade stainless handles the constant humidity that spots ordinary grades. The vulnerable points on any exterior railing are the fixings and the base connections, and that is where we spend the specification budget.

It works on the fixings and base connections first rather than the railing itself, which is the pattern on nearly every coastal installation. Near the inlet we specify marine grade stainless and detail the base connections deliberately, because that is where an under specified modern railing shows its age soonest.

The glass itself doesn’t degrade. The hardware is what has to be engineered for the lake humidity. Spec it right the first time and you’re unlikely to ever replace the railing.