Wood Fencing
May 28th, 2010 | 
Author: Troy Ornamental Iron & Fence also does many wood fences. We work in Michigan and we are a local fence company. We do fences in Troy, Birmingham, fences in Bloomfield Hills, Royal Oak, fences in Ferndale and Clawson just to name a few. Here’s a copy of just one of our brochures that we give me out customers who are interested in wood fences, such as treated or more common western red cedar. Check out our website at www.troyfence.com
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Introducing Our Aluminum Products
So over the years working as Integral Weldments and Troy Ornamental Iron & Fence we’ve designed all different styles of aluminum and iron fences. We have also been using an old naming system for all our fences. We’ve finally decided to make a change to better inform a old, current, and new customers! We have come up with a new naming system for our custom aluminum fences which feature a “bug” free system, and a new slicker design. In the next couple of days we will be revealing the most common installed aluminum fences in Oakland County in cities such as Royal Oaks, MI Rochester Hills, MI Troy, MI and many more. Hopefully the new system helps customers decided and choose a style they like the most. Check out our website at www.troyfence.com
Aluminum Fence with Rings
- Bronze Aluminum Fence with Rings
Hi there everyone, thanks again for checking out our blog! This is an aluminum fence with rings also in the color bronze. We just love building custom aluminum fences for our customers all through oakland county. This type of fence in the most popular in areas such as Royal Oak, MI Birmingham, MI, Ferndale, MI and Clawson, MI. They give privacy but yet don’t enclose your yard so you don’t feel like your in a box! Visit our website at www.troyfence.com!
Aluminum Bronze Pedestrian Gate
- Bronze Aluminum with Rings
I would like to start off by saying thank you for checking out our blog. We don’t post here as often as we would like but with busy season starting the office can get pretty busy! We also have been trying to take more pictures of the work we’ve been doing. This picture is of an aluminum pedestrian gate that is in bronze, with rings. This is one of the more popular style of fencing that is moving up across the metro Detroit area. Bronze is also the new fashion in fencing. Its softer on the eyes and the landscape. You can check out our website at www.troyfence.com to see more pictures! Thanks!
How to Install Iron Staircase Balusters
Measure between the existing balusters before you begin to install the iron ones. According to the 2006 International Residential Code, all balusters need to be no more than 4 inches apart. If the wooden balusters are wider apart than the Code requires, you will have to install the iron balusters at the required width.
Remove any existing balusters when you wish to install iron staircase balusters. You can do this by cutting the wooden balusters in half and pulling them out, or twisting them as you remove them. However, if the baluster is actually dovetailed into the stair treads, cut the baluster flush with the stair tread and sand the tread.
Examine the holes that were left by the wood balusters before you install the iron staircase balusters. Iron balusters that are ½ of an inch thick require holes at least ¾ of an inch deep, while 9/16 of an inch iron balusters require 1½-inch deep holes. If you need to install the iron balusters more closely together, drill the new holes at the required distance. If the iron baluster can be installed without metal shoes, you can drill holes that are ½ of an inch to 9/16 of an inch deep. Use a chisel to make the holes square to receive the iron baluster.
Determine the height from the handrail’s bottom to floor or stair tread. If the iron balusters are too long to install, you will need to cut them to length. Make sure you add 1 3/8th of an inch to 1½ of an inch to the measured distance. Because the ornamentation is usually on the top of the iron balusters, make sure you do any cutting from the bottom. Band saw or a chop saw with a metal cutting blade works well. A grinder or a jig saw are two other possibilities.
Slip one baluster into place see how the baluster fits. If the iron baluster works, then you can continue with the rest of the installation. If not, make any adjustments you need before proceeding.
Put epoxy or an adhesive (polyurethane works well) into the holes in the tread and beneath the railing, then install the iron balusters.
We call this R-1 Standard Iron Railing
Sorry we haven’t posted in over a week but things here at Troy Fence are starting to pick up. This year our main goal is to start taking more pictures of our work that we do in the local Oakland County area. We install so many jobs even within a week that we can’t catch up to drive by to take pictures of our final projects. And with that said since we don’t always have pictures of everything we do we are super proud to give out references for our future customers to drive by and look at our fenceing and railings in real time. We try to send out our customers to the closest area that they live, but sometimes there’s a higher demand of one product in specific areas. Royal Oak Michigan as well as Ferndale and Birmingham have high requests for Iron Railings. Area’s such as Troy and Bloomfield Hills Michigan have a higher demand for fences because properties in those areas are much larger and require more enclosures and privacy. So if you like what you see take a look at our website at www.troyfence.com
April Fools Day
April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day is a day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on a fool’s errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, such as the UK, Australia, and South Africa the jokes only last until noon, and someone who plays a trick after noon is called an “April Fool”. Elsewhere, such as in France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, Brazil, Canada and the U.S., the jokes last all day. The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (1392). Many writers suggest that the restoration of January 1 as New Year’s Day in the 16th century was responsible for the creation of the holiday, but this theory does not explain earlie references.
Custom Iron Railings
Troy Ornamental Iron & Fence builds all types of custom railings including there. Check out our website at www.troyfence.com We work in all cities, including Troy, Royal Oak, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and beyond! Enjoy!
Iron Gates with Operator
Troy Ornamental Iron & Fence is a family owned business that has been operating for over 20 years. We take our work very seriously and every job is built as if we were building it for ourselves. One of my favorite jobs personally is this beautiful custom built iron gate with operator for a private residence in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. With a gate this size many of our customers opt for a gate operator instead of operating these massive gates manually. The gate operators have a great warranty, with many minimal maintenance. Check out our website at www.troyfence.com to take a look at other gates and operators we have built and installed in Oakland County, Macomb County, and Wayne County. Thanks for checking out our blog as well! Hope you enjoyed the information!
Dump your Junk
Troy Ornamental Iron & Fence doesn’t only build and install fences and railings. We also build custom dumpster gates for all kinds of businesses. We have built dumpster gates for apartments, shopping plazas, fast food, and restaurtants. We can build dumpster gates from chainlink, iron dumpster gates, vinyl dumpster gates, and dumpster gates with combined vinyl and steel to make them last for many years of hard work. Visit our website at www.troyfence.com to look at all the different kinds of dumpster gates Troy Fence builds.