What we walk into in Aurora
Victorian and Edwardian houses through the old town with original quarter-sawn oak worth restoring rather than replacing, alongside large newer homes on the east side where the foyer stair is the first thing anyone sees.
Quarter-sawn restoration, walnut feature flights, and matching new hardwood into hundred-year-old rooms that are not square.
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 Aurora keeps calling us for
- Quarter-sawn oak restoration
- Estate foyer staircases
- Heritage-to-addition floor matching
Railings in Aurora — questions
Looking for the full service detail rather than the Aurora view? Hardwood Railings covers method, materials, and warranty. For everything we do in this city, see hardwood flooring in Aurora.