Wrought Iron Fencing: Welded Iron and Steel Fence and Gates

True wrought iron, worked by hand at a forge, is rarely made now. The fences sold as wrought iron are welded steel: solid or tubular pickets welded to steel rails, galvanized or primed, and finished in black. They are heavier and stiffer than aluminum and are built to stop people, not only to mark a line.

QC Fence Contractors installs and replaces wrought iron style and ornamental steel fence across the Charlotte metro for homes, multifamily communities and commercial frontage. The details are on our ornamental steel fences page.

• Front boundaries and entrances where the fence is part of the architecture.
• Between masonry columns of brick or stone.
• Commercial and multifamily perimeters that need security without chain link.
• Driveway gates, where the stiffness of steel suits a wide leaf and an operator.
• Replacing sections of an existing iron fence that have rusted through.

From the street the two look alike. Steel is stronger and can be welded on site, so it handles custom shapes, odd angles and heavy gates. Steel also rusts if its coating is broken, so scratches and chips should be touched up when they appear. Aluminum will not rust and costs less, and it is the better pick around pools and water.

In Charlotte humidity the finish is what protects a steel fence. Galvanizing under the powder coat is worth having, and so is keeping mulch and soil from piling against the bottom rail.