Railings — Aluminium, Stainless, MS and Glass

What we deliver

Aluminium, stainless steel, mild steel and glass railing systems — balustrades, balcony railings, terrace and staircase railings, engineered to the imposed loading for the occupancy rather than assembled to a standard detail.

A railing is a protective barrier before it is a design element. It is one of the few facade components where a specification error puts a person at direct risk, which is why the load case and the base fixing get designed rather than assumed.

Facade leadership experience

Our Director – Facade, Akhilesh Kumar Singh (25+ years in facade engineering), has led delivery on projects including:

Scope of works

What drives the cost

Running length · material — SS, aluminium, MS or frameless glass · stainless grade (304 versus 316 for coastal or external exposure) · glass build-up and thickness · whether posts are surface-mounted or core-drilled · handrail profile and joint detailing · site access.

Where projects go wrong

• Single toughened glass in a barrier. If it fails, the barrier is gone. Laminated construction keeps the panel in place.
• Base fixings not designed for the load. The anchor into the slab is the weakest point in most failed railings, and it is invisible once finished.
• 304 stainless in coastal or heavily polluted exposure. It pits and tea-stains; 316 is the grade for those environments.
• Post spacing set by appearance. Spacing follows from the design load and the glass or infill span, not from what looks balanced on an elevation.
• MS railing with an inadequate coating system. Economical on day one, rusting within a couple of monsoons.

Why Hagerstone

In-house fabrication and welding — a dedicated welding team within a facade organisation that also delivers glazing, cladding and fenestration, so railing interfaces with the facade are one party's responsibility.

100% in-house execution, ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 certified, 79+ quality checkpoints, with work-at-height and lifting safety covered under our HSE system.

Standards referenced

Protective barrier requirements under NBC 2016, Part 4. Imposed handrail loading from IS 875 (Part 2). Architectural safety glass, including laminated construction for barriers, under IS 2553 (Part 1).