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I am not sure why but finding someone to replace my half wall with balusters was one of the harder task so far. For some reason, I have the hardest time finding the right people to do the job. Can anyone else relate?
Although you can find me doing many home improvement projects, I was not confident enough to tackle this one. I was mostly concerned with the banister being stable. So I searched, interviewed, was stood up and a’last I found the right company for the job :).
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If you’re in the Houston area, here are the highly recommended details:
Company: Precision Stair Company, Houston
Job: The job included replacing the half wall with balusters, patching any wholes made with drywall, putty, and texture, and paint. Staining existing railing to match new rail.
Time Frame: 3 days, including time for putty and paint to dry
Cost: $1600.00
If you’re thinking of bypassing the cost and attempting this on your own, there were a few things that I picked up while watching the guys complete the job.
Before: That top base board of the half wall was used as the bottom base that holds the iron posts. How efficient!
After: The base board moved to the bottom and a support post installed. It was explained that it is federal regulation to install a deep seated post for ever so many balusters or feet. This supports the weight and length of the railing
Well, that’s all I have. Here are more pictures of the job through completion.
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Did the $1600 include labor and materials?
Hi Tara 👋. Yes it included labor, materials, and the painter repairs
Thanks for your response. The railings look lovely – I just need to find someone in the Tampa, FL area to do this job!
Thank you!! Good luck girl. Let me know if you find someone.
Curious as to whether you found someone in the Tampa area for this project?
Check out:
Florida Building and Stair Supply – https://www.floridabuildingandstairsupply.com/
or
Florida Stairworks – http://www.floridastair.com/stairs/stairways_tampa.htm
Very Nice! I love your paint color as well! What color is that? The Grey?
Hi Lisa!!! Thank you for leaving me a comment. I get this question all the time. I do not remember the color but I do have the Home Depot barcode and paint info. It is behr paint. Here is an image on instagram with more details: https://www.instagram.com/p/BRnzi8OhZrn/?taken-by=iamangelaeast. I hope you have a wonderful weekend 🙂
Hi! Your railing looks beautiful. I am in Dallas and looking to do something similar. Would you mind telling us how many linear feet of railing that ended up being?
Hi Lisa. I thought I responded to this weeks ago. Apparently my phone didn’t submit the response :(. Anyway, thank you for stopping by and the warm comment. Our railing is apprx 13ft. I watch as the pieced together to rails to make this whole piece. Hope this helps. Have a good weekend.
That looks amazing! I need to find someone to do this in Utah. I have found people who will do the iron and some that will do wood. Only found one company willing to do both the wood cap and wrought iron spindles but they will not do the tear out or the prep for the new railing… Ugh.. So difficult. Thanks for the images and quote. Gives us hope that we can find someone.
Am I seeing this correctly? Did they tear out and install the railing before fixing the drywall? Looks like the only thing they did between tear out and installation was install a base plate of wood to mount the railing to. Is that correct?
Hi Jason, they repaired the drywall before installing the railing. I’ve written out the steps below in more details as I remembered them:
1. Carefully cut out the drywall and frame from the half wall leaving the base of the frame in tact on the floor.
2. Set the top plate aside to be used later.
3. Install drywall to patch holes.
4. Attach the spared top plate to the frame that was left on the floor. Since it was the same size, it serves perfectly as the base plate now. You may also have to add baseboards where the wall was cut out.
5. Install the support post/baluster. This is installed deep into the floor and provides the main support for the rail system.
6. Install the handrail, attaching it to the wall securely.
7. Install the remaining balusters.
8. Stain hand rails
9. Finish drywall repair (mud and sand)
10. Paint walls.
I hope this breakdown was helpful. Have a good day.
This was a fantastic description. Thanks!