Jon H.
11/09/2020 12:00:00 SA
The back patio at home was a death trap. An open set of stairs into a basement, no hand railing and a very short wall at the top of the stairway; an extreme tripping hazard. The patio was open for anyone to walk into and just not a secure or safe space, we never went back there out of fear of someone falling into an open stairway, headfirst 8 feet down onto concrete steps. Since the day I signed the deed for the house, fencing, railing and gates were on the list of things to complete. I spent over a year looking for quotes and getting referrals, one shop came out for a quote and never came back to do the job, another twice didn't show up to quote the job at all, a different shop came out, did two gates and didn't come back for the rest, it was a nightmare trying to get someone out to fix this nightmare of a patio. I finally found Mike at Corbin Ironworks, his shop came highly recommended from a couple of my neighbors, he does a lot of great work all around Phoenix.
Mike and his crew specialize in custom metal fencing, gates, and other welding jobs. I had them out to install a hand railing on an exterior stairway, a fence over top the stairway on two sides, a locking gate atop the stairway, a section of metal fence over a 4 foot tall exterior wall and two posts to attach a shade cover over the front patio. We agreed on a price, I paid for half the quoted work and he and his crew were out within his estimated timeframe to start the job. Over all, the job took a couple weeks longer than originally expected, but he actually showed up and did the job better than expected.
A few of the pieces were cut and fit right on site, to get the right fit and angles, it was cool to watch them welding and grinding parts to form the fence and hand railing right in front of me. The posts were installed into the corners of a artificial turf lawn, they paid special attention while pulling the turf up, digging the post holes, pouring in concrete and setting the posts into place before replacing the turf as if it was never pulled up. One of the guys on the crew had years of experience installing custom shade fabric, what a score. In addition to making and installing the posts, he was able to help me take measurements, order the the custom fabric and install it also. I'm so glad I had him helping me on this, because I was planning on attaching the shade to my roof's facia which would have pulled right off the roof had I done this myself. His experience saved me a lot of extra headache and dollars down the line.
Mike actually showed up to do the work I needed done, I can safely walk down the stairs, I can use the patio without fear of someone falling head first into the stairwell, i can sit outside without burning to a crisp and I couldn't be happier having finally checked all this off my list.
