Steel Areaway Railing with Gate

This was another below-grade areaway railing installation, this one with a gate built into the run to allow access down into the space. The concrete walls of the areaway were already in place and our scope was to guard the perimeter and provide a functional entry point that could be secured when not in use.

The vertical bar design is consistent with the railing panels on either side and the gate was fabricated to match so the whole installation reads as one unit. Building a gate into a railing run like this requires the hinges and latch hardware to be set correctly so the gate swings properly and closes flush without any sag over time. That's something that can go wrong if the frame isn't square coming out of the shop and the hinges aren't positioned with that in mind.

The posts are anchored into the top of the concrete wall and the whole assembly sits level and plumb despite the sloped grade you can see in the background. Functional, clean, and built to last in an outdoor environment where it's going to see weather year round.