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Upgrading interior stair spindles to wrought iron
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:25 am
Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:25 am
Wife is twisting my arm to replace existing stair spindles with wrought iron. Here is a photo:
Is this something I can do on my own? If not what kind of cost am I looking at?
TIA
Is this something I can do on my own? If not what kind of cost am I looking at?
TIA
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Posted on 6/3/20 at 7:46 am to 3morereps
King Architectural Metals. Very cheap wrought iron. You can pay $3 a spindle or $20 depending on how fancy you want it. I just built an iron staircase and it turned out nice.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 12:28 pm to 3morereps
Can’t be cheap. I had a dude in Gonzales make mine for $800 for about 5 feet worth.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 12:30 pm to 3morereps
That's gonna make your column stand out.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 12:32 pm to 3morereps
That's gonna look hideous IMO.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 12:53 pm to 3morereps
Quality Stair work is not cheep
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:32 pm to Zappas Stache
quote:Yeah, it's going to look off, especially with the spindles encircling the bottom post/railing. It would look better with stained steps and railing, but that adds even more cost to this kind of project
That's gonna look hideous IMO
OP, go to Home Depot and buy several black metal spindles and sporadically place them in front of some of the white spindles. Give your wife a real idea of what it'll look like in her home instead of what she saw on pinterest. While the black spindles will make the area feel more open, I can think of hundreds of better ways to waste thousands of dollars
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:57 pm to 3morereps
This type looks better IMO
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:41 pm to DevilDogTiger
Agreed. If that's yours, looks great.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 3:17 pm to OysterPoBoy
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That's gonna make your column stand out.
I hate cheesy details like that. It's an abomination.
There are some really shitty flourishes put in expensive homes that make them look like a poser lives there.
This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 6/5/20 at 10:28 pm to 3morereps
I just had mine re-done, it looks much better with the iron spindles. I probably have about 25% more railing than you have. It cost us $3,800. New hand rail & spindles and they took the circle at the bottom off as we ran it straight.
Posted on 6/6/20 at 11:17 am to OysterPoBoy
quote:That column already kind of stands out IMO, doesn't look like it belongs
That's gonna make your column stand out.
Posted on 6/7/20 at 11:04 am to 3morereps
Call the nicest hardwood flooring company in your area get estimates give them to your wife’s problem solved
Posted on 6/8/20 at 1:13 pm to Zappas Stache
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That's gonna look hideous IMO.
this ^^^^^^^
go all wrought iron or not but combination of wood and iron never looks good or ends up as rigid and strong IMHO
Posted on 6/8/20 at 1:24 pm to 3morereps
get some rebar and paint it black
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