Stair & Railing Restoration
Original staircases, railings and newel posts repaired and matched, with the home’s character kept intact.
01Overview
A staircase is usually the first original detail a visitor sees and the one that takes the most wear. Most of it can be saved.
Loose balusters, a handrail worn through its finish, a newel that has lost a cap or a turned element: these are repairable, and the surviving parts are the pattern for anything that has to be made new.
This work sits alongside the plaster restoration. Homeowners renovating older or custom homes often need damaged railings, balusters or newel detail repaired or recreated to match what remains.
The principle is the same as with plaster: keep what is sound, and match what is missing to what remains.
02How we approach it
Keep what is sound. Match what is missing.
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Secure what is loose
Railings, balusters and newels are made sound before anything new is made.
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Match turned and carved parts
Missing balusters and newel parts are copied from the ones that survive.
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Bring the finish together
Repaired and new parts are finished to sit with the original woodwork.
03An example
A staircase, before and after
Drag the handle, or just scroll. Missing balusters replaced to the surviving pattern and the rail refinished.
Illustrative images, generated to show the approach. They will be replaced with photographs of our own projects.
Scroll, or drag the handle04Related services
Other original details we restore
05Start here
Have a detail you want to save?
Send photos of the molding, cornice, ceiling detail or railing. We look at every request ourselves and tell you whether it can be repaired, matched or recreated, before anyone schedules a visit.