Hello everyone,
My wife and I have had an iron railing made for our balcony. I think it looks crooked, especially in the left section (see the picture). By crooked, I mean that the horizontal flat bars are not entirely straight. The blacksmith says this is unavoidable because the material moves when you weld it. Even so, when I look at other balcony railings on other houses, they look completely straight and symmetrical.
What do you think? Should I point this out?
Thank you very much in advance!
My wife and I have had an iron railing made for our balcony. I think it looks crooked, especially in the left section (see the picture). By crooked, I mean that the horizontal flat bars are not entirely straight. The blacksmith says this is unavoidable because the material moves when you weld it. Even so, when I look at other balcony railings on other houses, they look completely straight and symmetrical.
What do you think? Should I point this out?
Thank you very much in advance!
I don't see what you mean, but I think that small deviations add character and show that it is craftsmanship.
If it's crooked, the blacksmith should fix it. We ordered a balcony railing last winter also with slightly slimmer dimensions and it's perfectly straight. So it is possible to get it completely straight. Then you can also complain about the joining of the pieces. It looks terribly ugly to screw the parts together with the flat irons they've welded on.
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Craftsmanship! Hard to tell from the picture, but I don't think you'll be bothered by it once it's in place. If you study things in detail, fences, wallpaper, moldings, or whatever it may be, not everything is one hundred percent perfect. I believe it's most important that it gives a good overall impression and isn't eye-catching.
