Forum: Restoration
April 27, 2008
Replacing iron railing w/ wood balustrade
Our house is in a Brooklyn landmarked district. Our front porch has an iron railing, but both the original drawings and a Landmarks Commission document indicate that there was originally (in 1900) a wooden balustrade there.
I assume we'd be able to get approval to replace the railing. Any suggestions on who could do that work (removing the old and creating the new)? And should I expect that we'd be required to make the new fixture out of wood (all the new balustrades I find online are synthetic)?
Thanks!
Gordon