Steel Porch Railing

This was a new construction home with a full-width front porch and a natural stone facade, and our scope was the entire railing run across the front including the stair sections on both ends.

The vertical bar design with a flat cap rail was consistent across the whole porch which on a run this long requires every post to be set at the same height and spacing without any drift from one end to the other. When you're anchoring into a brand new stone porch the layout has to be planned carefully so the post bases land in the right position relative to the stonework below them. It's one of those details that isn't obvious when everything goes right but stands out immediately when it doesn't.

The black steel against the natural stone and the gray siding is a combination that works well on a home like this, traditional in form but with a clean modern edge to it. By the time the landscaping and exterior finishes were complete the railing sat exactly where it needed to and tied the whole front of the house together. The builder was satisfied with the result and it's a good representation of what we do on a larger residential scope.