| Iron railing has been in vogue for the last many | | | | prices were very high. |
| centuries and has not gone out of fashion even | | | | Cast iron railings: The cast iron railings were made |
| then. The popularity is due to long life. Read al | | | | by melting the iron and casting the hot iron into |
| about iron railings in the article. | | | | molds. The molds were made from sand and |
| Traditional Yet Modern - Iron Railings | | | | used for making cast iron railings. The railings |
| Iron railings have been used since the start of | | | | were fragile and if one breaks, it was virtually |
| industrial revolution in the sixteenth and | | | | impossible at that time to repair the broken railing. |
| seventeenth century. At that time, the metallurgy | | | | It had to be handled with care and not many |
| was still an art and not an exact science as it is | | | | would go for the cast iron railing except the rich |
| today. Being the work of art, it was costly to | | | | persons. |
| have iron railings and only the rich could afford the | | | | Mild steel railings: The mild steel made its |
| wrought iron and cast iron railings. The technique | | | | appearance some where in the eighteenth |
| of welding was non-existent and metal joining was | | | | century and was immediately popular material for |
| only be heating and hammering together or | | | | fencing and railing. The pieces could be cold |
| riveting. | | | | worked and joined by riveting. The cold working |
| The iron railings may be classified as wrought iron | | | | was the major advantage and this increased its |
| railings, cast iron railings or the steel railings. | | | | use for everything including the used for railings. |
| Stainless steel railings were non-existent in | | | | Advances in Iron Railings |
| seventeenth century. | | | | Advances in welding technology changes the way |
| Now after the fashion has gone through many | | | | we used iron for railings. Now it was possible to |
| iterations the iron railings have never got out of | | | | bend the iron rods in shapes that were hitherto |
| fashion since the life of the iron railings is more | | | | unimaginable and it was possible to join them with |
| than the life cycle of fashions. Iron railings will | | | | welding. The welding technology also made it |
| never go out of fashion any time. | | | | possible for us to reduce the weight and cost |
| The metal used in railings was primarily iron | | | | without reducing the strength. As the iron rods |
| although the rich and the kings used other metals | | | | were weldable, the repair also became easy. |
| including gold for railings inside the houses. | | | | Now it is possible to make railings out of plates |
| Metal Used In Iron Railings | | | | and bend them into shapes as required. The |
| Wrought Iron railings: Wrought iron railings were | | | | material remains the same old iron but now the |
| made be a laborious process of heating the pieces | | | | form can be changed to make it look more |
| of iron to red-hot heat and hammering out the | | | | attractive and maintenance free. Stainless steel is |
| pieces of the railings to the required shape and | | | | utilized for this purpose in increasing quantities, and |
| size. The work was labor intensive and only those | | | | the stainless steel looks more elegant and requires |
| artistic tendencies and the ability to work hard | | | | no maintenance at all (other than regular cleaning). |
| were able to make the wrought iron railings. Since | | | | Thus, iron railings have given way to stainless |
| the artists are never hard workers, and vice | | | | steels and it is being increasing used for all railing |
| versa, the supply was limited, and hence the | | | | related work. |