Ornamental ironwork in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn is a natural fit for Brooklyn Stair Railings, in one of the borough's most distinctive residential enclaves. The grand free-standing Victorians here have wide wraparound porches and generous front steps that suit decorative porch and stair railings. We fabricate and restore ornamental wrought iron with scrollwork and cast detail, field-measured to fit these large homes. Ditmas Park owners call us when the railing has to match the character of a Victorian.
Ditmas Park is rare for Brooklyn, a neighborhood of large free-standing Victorian wood-frame houses with wide wraparound porches, part of the Victorian Flatbush enclave. Those porches and generous front steps lend themselves to ornamental porch and stair railings rather than the tight stoop rails of the row-house blocks. The scale and period detail of these homes make decorative, custom-matched ironwork the standard here.
The wide wraparound porches on these Victorians suit decorative railings that run the full perimeter. We fabricate ornamental wrought iron with scrollwork and cast collars, field-measuring the porch so the rail follows every turn and post. Because these are wood-frame homes, we anchor into solid blocking with the correct fasteners so the rail stays tight.
The generous front steps on these homes need graspable stair railings that match the porch above. We fabricate continuous rails to code, setting the guard to roughly 42 inches and the handrail to a graspable 34-to-38-inch height. The ornamental detail carries from the porch to the steps so the ironwork reads as one design.
Where a Victorian still has original ironwork, we restore it rather than replace it, forge- or weld-repairing broken scrolls and re-anchoring loose posts. For missing sections we fabricate new pieces to match the surviving pattern. Every weld is ground clean and primed so the restored railing suits the period home.
We also fabricate railings in nearby Sheepshead Bay. Call Brooklyn Stair Railings at (347) 518-1928 for stair railing fabrication & installation across Brooklyn.