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lefty
Citizen
Username: Lefty
Post Number: 28
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 2, 2004 - 4:29 pm: |     |
after moving into our house, our homeowners policy provider has informed us that we need to have a handrail installed on our front steps. is there a contractor out there that will do a job that can be faithful to the 20's era architecture? |
jeffl
Citizen
Username: Jeffl
Post Number: 333
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 2, 2004 - 8:39 pm: | |
DO NOT USE CUSIMANO RAILINGS! |
tmb
Citizen
Username: Tmb
Post Number: 6
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 9:27 am: | |
If you're looking for a metal handrail, I highly recommend Hillside Railing. They were prompt, courteous, reasonable, and fabricated the exact design we specified. I don't have their number, but they're in the book (in Hillside). |
LilLB
Citizen
Username: Lillb
Post Number: 128
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 1:37 pm: | |
I second Hillside Railing. They did ours at about 1/2 the price of another quote we got, and they are all of the things that tmb said. |
NRL
Citizen
Username: Nrl
Post Number: 460
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 4:37 pm: | |
I third Hillside, they are family owned. They installed our railing while we were at work and left the bill in the mailbox |
galileo
Citizen
Username: Galileo
Post Number: 124
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2004 - 11:33 pm: | |
I fourth Hillside Railing |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4540
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 5, 2004 - 4:35 am: | |
Hate to sound like Virgilian, but wouldn't a wood handrail be more in keeping with the style of a 1920s fram colonial revival?
Personally, I could never understand why brick steps were used on frame houses, but that just may be me. |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 192
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 6, 2004 - 12:56 am: | |
I agree with bobk on this one.
Brick with wood looks good if done right.
Michael K. Mc Kell
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Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 383
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 9, 2004 - 8:54 pm: | |
Thank you all! Hillside is great -- and CHEAP! And fast. I'm getting something pretty basic for some back steps, solely to meet the insurance company's requirements. Doing it quickly and cheaply -- though I understand they are ready and willing to do fancier work. |
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