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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Iron Balusters Gladwyne PA





Iron Balusters in Gladwyne PA,  
We did this job for a delightful customer who was a die-hard ny giants FAN. To say she was enthusiastic for her home-town team is the understatement of the year! Lol. We had a "spirited" (but short) debate. Despite that, we gave her the same quality job we give everybody, no matter your opinion on just about anything including football team allegiance, we aim to please. So, if you're voting for Trump, call me. If you're voting for Clinton, call me. I'll still give you a fantastic job that you'll be able to enjoy for long after they've let you down,...(and you know they will). But if you must know who I'm voting for I'd have to say I'm voting for.....NEW IRON BALUSTERS FOR ALL! I'll give you a discount if you call and sign a contract before Nov 8th because we all know the world will stop spinning on that date!!! But seriously, for a really dramatic difference for your home, that you'll be anxious to get home to after all that campaigning, give us a call and we'll send our best design consultant and help you create your very own foyer makeover. So, if you're in Gladwyne, Ardmore, Radnor, Bryn Mawr, Villanova, or Bala Cynwyd PA, give Ron a call at 215-694-5046 or email him at 45stairman@gmail.com to schedule your FREE consultation for your new iron balusters makeover.




Monday, February 2, 2015

Historic Fraternity House Reproduction Staircase Philadelphia

                                                  New stair with bullnose starting step


                             New balusters bolted into the new treads for maximum rigidity


                                                New handrail "over the posts"





                                                       Posts "dropped all the way through" 


                                                                  Upper stair


                                                                  Up to 3rd floor


                                                            Down to 2nd floor


                                                From top looking down to 1st floor


                                                       1st and 2nd floor hallways



Decorative stair bracket

                                                                    Removing the old

                                                                       Rail before


                                                             Existing stair horses

Here's an Historic Fraternity House that was in dire need of a makeover, so we gave them a brand new Reproduction Staircase in Philadelphia. I don't know how many frat houses you've been in, but some of them look like they've been....really, really well used, shall we say. This stair, like many old stairs, was pulling away from the wall, and many treads were moving significantly when you stepped on them. The handrail was very loose and was compromised severely by the rather small balusters that weren't attached very well originally, and. many of them were missing altogether. Most of the posts were broken as well making for a very scary, loose, handrail. There had been many repairs made to the stair over the years, and none done very well, and they finally decided to bite the bullet and do it right from top to bottom. And, they wanted to duplicate everything, as much as possible. So, I took some samples of the handrail, balusters and posts, and moldings, and took them to my wood turner, and he created new drawings from the existing pieces, and proceeded to make them exactly as they were originally, but we increased the size of the balusters and we used maple instead of poplar to make them much stronger than before, (and less likely to get "accidentally" broken), like so many of the originals. It took the turner a few weeks to reproduce everything, and for the local stair shop to duplicate the treads, risers, and handrail. We then removed everything but the existing stair horses, because they were really solid, and rebuilt the stairs in place with all new oak hardwood. It took about a week to rebuild all the stairs, and about 2 weeks to install the handrail, posts, balusters and moldings. It sounds like the Alumni are thrilled with the end result. They just had their 75th anniversary party, and I'm confident my stair will be still going strong for their 150th anniversary party in about 75 years or so. So, if you want to greatly increase the value of your property, and maintain the Historic significance of your Fraternity House, sorority house, your church, your townhouse, or your MainLine mansion, be sure to give Ron Hartman a call @ 215-694-5046 to schedule your FREE consultation ($250 value), and to learn all about the options you have for your Reproduction Staircase project in Philadelphia, MainLine, Ardmore, Radnor, and surrounding areas.....Ron's email is 45stairman@gmail.com.