What we walk into in Clarington
Nineteenth-century brick homes along the old main streets, farmhouses on the concessions, and fast newer growth around Bowmanville. Original pine and early oak floors are common and are often mistaken for beyond saving.
Heritage floor restoration, pine board repair, and full stair rebuilds where a previous owner boxed in an original flight.
How we specify railings here
- Graspable oak, maple, and walnut profiles, including farmhouse and contemporary
- Box newels, pin-top newels, and metal newel conversions
- Iron, steel, wood, and cable infill — mixed-material stairs done cleanly
- Wall rails on both sides where the code or a toddler requires them
A railing is a piece of millwork you put your full weight on at 11 p.m. If the newel is toe-nailed into a hollow newel block, it will fail. Green Hardwood through-bolts newels into structure, not into trim.
We mill and install hardwood handrails in the same species as the stair, or we specify a painted newel with a clear-finish oak rail — a combination that reads expensive in Forest Hill and stays wipeable in a family house in Burlington.
Ontario requires a graspable handrail and a guard height that depends on the drop. Decorative 2x6 caps with no graspable profile fail inspection. We will not install them. We will show you three profiles that pass and still match the architecture.
Jobs Clarington keeps calling us for
- Heritage pine and oak restoration
- Farmhouse stair rebuilds
- New-build stair upgrades
Railings in Clarington — questions
Looking for the full service detail rather than the Clarington view? Hardwood Railings covers method, materials, and warranty. For everything we do in this city, see hardwood flooring in Clarington.