A Phoenix condominium community's exterior stairs surveyed building by building, then repaired: welds, posts, caps, stringers, concrete steps and a rail gap.
The project
A condominium community in Phoenix asked for its exterior stair railings to be made safe. Diamondback walked all 19 buildings, recorded what each unit's stairs needed, priced the repairs item by item and then made them — part of our HOA and community maintenance work for property managers.
What the survey found
Several buildings needed nothing at all. Across the rest, the list came to:
- 17 weld repairs on posts and rails (1½-inch and 1-inch square tube)
- 20 missing plastic post caps replaced
- 2 stringer repairs, one of them a sheet-metal stringer
- 2 broken concrete steps
- 1 rail extension, closing a gap of almost 8 inches
- A bent picket straightened and loose rail bolts tightened throughout
Why survey first
Railings fail one post at a time, so a community-wide quote without a survey is a guess. Inspecting every stair and listing the repairs by building and unit let the board see exactly what each building needed, approve it with confidence and know that nothing was missed — or paid for twice.
Working where people live
Residents use these stairs every day. Repairs were made unit by unit, with each stair left safe and usable at the end of the work on it.
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