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Bronze Staircase Balustrading
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New Design

A large proportion of work carried out by ourselves relates to either making replicas or to making to new architect designs.

We offer a complete project management service involving design, manufacture and installation – and we are happy to work in any part of the United Kingdom.

Designs can be made manually or using Autocad computer aided design software.

Projects sizes can be small or large. We are capable of handling projects typically to the value of £250k.

We are experienced in the design and manufacture using the following materials:

1. Cast iron.
2. Cast bronze and gunmetal.
3. Wrought iron.
4. Stainless steel.
5. Mild steel – galvanised, plasma sprayed and painted.
6. Aluminium.

Finishing of the manufactured metalwork is very important in order to prolong the future life of the product. We do not recommend carrying out any finishing work on site unless absolutely necessary and, if so, this should be carried out in a controlled environment.

Modern finishing systems offer superb operating performance such as retention of gloss, longevity and corrosion resistance. However, this performance is only achieved if the systems are applied in stringent workshop conditions. For this reason, we subcontract all our finishing work to specialist coating companies. The finishing systems are not cheap – but there performance is unquestionable.

For mild steel/wrought iron work we would recommend shotblasting to SA2.5 immediately followed by application of an etching 2 pack zinc phosphate primer, an intermediate coat using MiO 2 pack paint followed by application of a high build two pack polyurethane paint.
Total dry film thickness (dft) should be 200 micron minimum.

For listing of previous clients and projects please click here (to take you to listing given on separate page).




Footbridge over the Leeds and Liverpool canal
Footbridge over the Leeds and Liverpool canal

Hanging lanterns, Ticket Hall, Cardiff Central Station
Hanging lanterns, Ticket Hall, Cardiff Central Station

New gates and railings to St Davids church, Merthyr Tydfil
New gates and railings to St Davids church, Merthyr Tydfil

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