11/03/2026
There's nothing sadder than a beautiful iron fence in front of a house with wobbly, rotted handrails on the porch steps. I see it all over Metairie and Harahan.
Your handrails do two jobs: keep people safe on the steps and make the front of the house look finished. Around the New Orleans area, I build custom iron handrails with matching newel posts — cornstalk patterns, fleur-de-lis finials, basket scrolls, the same designs as the old Garden District fences — so the rail looks like it was always part of the house.
No rail at all on your porch steps? Wood rails rotting out again? Raised patio with no guardrail? That's a safety problem before it's a style problem, and custom iron fixes both.
Call Nola Welding Works at (504) 505-0473 for a free quote. And tell me — what's the worst handrail you've ever grabbed onto in New Orleans? 😄