TigLad
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Hi all, my parents are in the process of building a house and want railings done outside the front and side, i would like to do this job myself but have never done wrought iron railings before so wanted to get all the advice i possibly can before i start anything.
It will be around 30 meters in total and i was thinking of doing them around 1 - 1.2m in height, they have shown me some pictures of designs that they like although they haven't fully made up their minds just yet.
When it comes to making them isit fine to do this on the garage floor? And use jigs to position the balusters at equal spaces apart?
And as the railings are over quite a long distance would these be ok to make in say 2.5m sections? And then when it comes to fitting them all together would it be better to weld all the sections together or bolt them using something like eye and bolt tabs, also i've read that although they are called "wrought iron" they are usually just normal mild steel, is this true and should it be fine to stick weld them using 6013s?
And where is the best place to buy all the material/components from?
Any advice, pictures or links would be appreciated. Thanks.
It will be around 30 meters in total and i was thinking of doing them around 1 - 1.2m in height, they have shown me some pictures of designs that they like although they haven't fully made up their minds just yet.
When it comes to making them isit fine to do this on the garage floor? And use jigs to position the balusters at equal spaces apart?
And as the railings are over quite a long distance would these be ok to make in say 2.5m sections? And then when it comes to fitting them all together would it be better to weld all the sections together or bolt them using something like eye and bolt tabs, also i've read that although they are called "wrought iron" they are usually just normal mild steel, is this true and should it be fine to stick weld them using 6013s?
And where is the best place to buy all the material/components from?
Any advice, pictures or links would be appreciated. Thanks.