John & Pat Biehn's Page

"Years ago we did an inside staircase and balcony with tempered glass capped with oak to code. It was great. I would not use this outside mainly so as to not kill birds who try to fly through it. I would use black aluminum or powder coated iron…"

"I would go with metal posts and glass. I do really like the look of the cables better than the glass, but if you have young kids around it leads to a safety issue. It's against code where I live kids enjoy climbing them and going over the top."

"We need to find a new provider for our Log home insurance. Does anyone have a policy that is affordable we are retired and on a very fixed income. Age has brought us more problems than we ever dreamed of. We are located in S/W Missouri. Thanks…"

"We were considering doing a glass railing in our bedroom overlooking the living room.  My wife opted out of it after considering the cleaning aspect. My recommendation is that if you want to do it, go with Lexan instead of plexiglass -…"

"Thats a good idea.  "

"Hi shanny, Thanks for the note!  I think that I'm leaning more towards the cable instead of the glass now just because of trying to keep it clean. John "

"We don't like glass primarily because of the cleaning.  This is just us, some people don't mind cleaning it.  What we did which some people would call "cheezy", is used wire fence.  We did not intend to do this,…"

"i just updated my email. we live in a area that has painfully slow internet service. maybe thats the problem. when i move to the Mac i will try to repost the railing picture"