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• Need iron gate for a doorway
• Wrought iron stair railing
• Need wrought iron gate on busy street
• Wrought iron window guards
• Painting an old wrought iron gate
• Someone to design & install a wrought iron fence
• Wrought iron patio furniture
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Need iron gate for a doorway

We just moved and need an iron gate for a doorway and our driveway fabricated and installed. We'd like something well made but the design is not fancy. Can't seem to find iron working places easily. Any recommendations?

Wrought iron stair railing

We need someone who can help us design and create a couple of stair railings and a banister railing. Does anyone have a referral? Thank you.

I need to have a decorative iron stair railing built for the concrete steps that are part of the pathway to my front porch. I haven't found any recommendations on the website for metal fencing. Can anyone recommend a company or individual specializing in this type of work, especially small jobs? Thanks very much! Nancy

We've had a great experience with Serratos Iron Works. They made the railings (and gate, posts and pickets...) for our new deck, and they also made us new handrails for the stairs inside our home. They were fast and super nice. Their price was also excellent! Serratos Iron Works, 923 76th Ave, Oakland, 510-636-9227 Dan

We need to find wrought iron hand railings for interior stairways -- does anyone know where we can find them or find someone who makes them? My contractor says that these need to be custom-made (I haven't found any in any home improvement stores) and our job is too small (only 2 stair cases) to interest any of the ironworkers who would make them. Any suggestions? Thanks. SMB

Need wrought iron gate on busy street

We need to put some sort of gate between our kids and the busy street in front of our home. I'm thinking wrought iron, but open to any gate/fence people you may know of. Never done this before...so don't really know where to start. Laura

Wrought iron window guards

I saw the post about Belaire Engineering and the wrought iron window guard. I e-mailed Tom and he responded immediately and was extremely helpful. I e-mailed him a photo of what I needed and he made it perfectly. my wife loved it. I highly recommend them. www.BelAireEng.com e-mail : belairee[at]pacbell.net Phone 510-538-6950, Fax 510-538-4084 seth

I'm looking for decorative iron window guards. I see them on houses all over (on a lot of the new houses in the Oakland hills)- they are decorative and put over the small windows on doors(sometimes even over larger windows). I'm sure they do serve a security purpose, but they also just look great- especially on Spanish style houses. Does anyone no where to purchase these decorative iron window ''guards''? I've had no luck finding them. Thanks! Molly

Painting an old wrought iron gate

We would like to paint the wrought iron gate in front of our house but first need to get rid of the cracked and peeling paint that's on there now. I read a while back that the whole thing could be dipped in stripper to remove the old paint. Has anyone ever done this? Any recommendations on where I could take it to be ''dipped'' or how best to remove old paint from wrought iron? tks Karin

Someone to design & install a wrought iron fence

I'm looking for someone to design and install a wrought iron fence for my front yard. If you know of someone who does good work and is reliable, (the one I called came out and measured and never got back to me!). Lee