| Wooden railing is the first choice for any owner or the | | | | stock rails, balusters and newel can be made in Burma |
| builder as the elegance and the style that you get | | | | teak, Cherry, Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Walnut, |
| from wooden railings is nothing compared to other | | | | Mahogany, Poplar, Beech, Yellow Pine, Ash or Cedar. |
| materials. Some time the light reflection from all | | | | Many manufacturers can give you the top rail design |
| sources disturbs you. Wood does not reflect light as | | | | that you desire or dream. Manufacturers use CAD |
| much as steel does, a kind of sereneness, and | | | | systems, CNC machinery, and hand artistry, to give |
| tranquility that you get from use of wood, you cannot | | | | you any rail profile, baluster turnings or newel post. |
| get from any other material.Advantages Of Wood | | | | Care Of Wood In General, Railing In ParticularWood |
| RailingsThere are many advantages of wooden | | | | when properly treated and cared for requires no |
| railings particularly indoor railings. | | | | maintenance. The major enemy of wood is the life |
| 1. The elegance of wood is unmatched by anything | | | | forms capable of living and thriving on wood. The |
| else. | | | | microscopic life starts first and then it is like a jungle, |
| 2. Contrary to popular belief, wood railings are | | | | where the food chain starts. Therefore if you treat |
| maintenance free, particularly those used indoors. A | | | | wood with chemicals to stop the growth of |
| nice polishing, a coat of lacquer while installing, is all that | | | | micro-organisms and keep water away from it, the |
| is required, and no further maintenance is required. | | | | possibility of wood rot gets much less. Regular |
| 3. Another advantage of wood is that it massive in | | | | cleaning, annual polishing, waxing when the wood railing |
| construction and will last for several decades if not | | | | looks dull is all that is required for caring the wood |
| centuries. | | | | articles and railing in general. Out-door railings may |
| 4. With its wide top, children (and some times grown | | | | require painting to keep them looking new.Adam |
| ups too!) enjoy the wood railing sliding down the railing | | | | Peters is a freelance author who contributes adding |
| for coming down instead of coming down by steps. | | | | articles to a deck and porch railings website Reach |
| Oh what fun!Choice Of Wood For RailingsWooden | | | | further articles on wood railing plans and designs. |