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SuperLong Lambs Tongue
straight and curved hunter green basketed picket IRBC code railings for my customer in Golden Valley
the "Soloman" style... on Linnwood Ave, in St Paul...
The Hughes Style
some basic standard railings I did for a nice customer in Edina
an interior stair railing
Navajo White Interior Linwood-King style in Mahdomedi
Butterfly caprail termination at bottom of 2nd flight...
Here's one I like to call "The Four Seasons"... It was designed by the customer. Very 1920s eh?
Balcony Guardrail with roses and child-proof QD (quick detach) mounts...
Stillwater/Dubuque garden step ornamental railing
Stillwater/Dubuque pt 2
Hillcrest Apartments in South Saint Paul...
YES! We DO install in the winter... ! We use processes and materials that are more than suitable for installs even as low as 15-20 degrees fahrenheit.

supersized picture at: http://dunamisflux.com/IMAG0195.jpg Here is Dunamis building the railing for the Roseville Arboretum (Co. Rd. B and Dale, in Roseville MN.) (see next picture for installed railing and details)
Here's the railing as it looks after the completed installation.

Dunamis led in the fabrication of this railing for, and, in the shop of another railing company while their management was out of town on a short term missions trip. When they returned from their trip, they painted it and completed the install.
Dunamis no longer builds railings on behalf of other shops.

All of our railings are now built directly for our own customers, with no "middle-man" to confuse things and jack up the prices.

Be sure to ask about our discounts... This railing was paid for in advance... The customers were able to take 10% off their purchase price and saved a LOT of money by pre-paying their order... read the "Thank-You letter" they sent me... (scroll up and click the "references" button on the left side of this page)
Here's some work we did for "Dixie's on Grand", in St. Paul, Minnesota
The "Linwood King"... can be seen east of Lexington, on Linwood, in St. Paul, Minnesota
Need a Spiral Staircase? We manufacture and install for you... we ALSO ship these as a KIT throughout the continental United States.
There are many options available when you order your staircase. Different caprails, terminations, balluster styles, tread-covers, ornamentation, etc... be sure to ask.
Give us a call. You too will be a well pleased customer. And like these folks, you'll be calling again for any other projects you may have. Repeat and refurral customers are the "bread and butter" of our business.
The "Sherburne" style.
Interior railing attached to a wall...
Interior railing in St. Paul, on Summit Avenue.
Here's a 4" code Balcony railing that we made for a customer over by Dale and Grand Avenue in Saint Paul, Minn.
See how the slanted part is perfectly parallel to the slanted part on the deck stair stringer?

You don't get that kind of custom precision from a cheap light duty railing from the big box store...

You pay a little bit more for quality... and in the end...you're glad you did...
This "open" (no pickets) railing on Portland Avenue in St. Paul has hand bent scroll-work. These scrolls are made from tool steel (extra strong and firm) and are 20% heavier (thicker) than the railing scrolls next door. We build stuff to last. Like we say in our Craig's List ad... it all "looks" the same... but when you get to the details... then you will find that although our work is around 10% less expensive, the quality is far superior.
Here's another "open" or "grab" railing.

This grabrail has scrolls, and a lamb'stongue bottom
... and a curl at the top....
We also offer Powder-Coat, if you prefer that over a rust preventative primer and top color coats spray paint.
... You get a five year warrantee on the powdercoat...
While this railing, is merely an "open railing" or "grab-rail", it is made just like a standard 4" code guard railing with pickets... but the pickets are only 6" long.
This "hybrid railing" was done for a realtor.

Realtors, Property Managers, and Land-Lords really appreciate us for our fast turn-around time, quality, and attention to the details.

Notice that we ALSO repaired the step... the entire corner had broken off...

We offer great quality and attention to detail, at a great price.
Here's another job done for a realtor...

Ask the "bargain priced" guy you called from the little local newspaper what math he uses to determine picket spacing on an incline to match the spacing on the level...

We are not expensive... and we build investment QUALITY into our work.

We cost more than the little newspaper "bargain" "wanna-be" "el-cheapo" railing guy...

...but... If you don't have time to do it right the FIRST time... then you won't be able to find the time to do it right the second time...
or... humbly submitted... If you can't afford to do it right the first time... how will you afford to do it right the second time?

Is it REALLY a bargain to hire a guy... if his work leaves you wanting, if his work leaves you feeling disappointed, if his work leaves you less than amazed?

Hire us and You WILL be satisfied.
this is a pair of "five riser" (5 steps) , standard 4" code, plain railings with lamb's tongue caprail ends.
Lamb's Tongue close up. While we CAN do a myriad of different designs... this is our most often selected cap-rail termination.
We also do railings for pre-cast steps...
Every railing we make.. is custome made to fit the step on which it will be installed... no "cookie-cutter" "big-box store" low grade railings here... only the BEST Quality.
Hey concrete guys...

don't leave your customer scrambling for a new railing on the step you just poured for them... Have them call Action Ornamental!

Apartment and condo association managers love Action Ornamental... We repair their existing railings on location... and they SAVE alot of money.
As often happens... the posts had rusted through and the railing had become unsafe. Here you see that we have cut off the offending rusty post and are core drilling out the old rusted post that is set in the concrete.
and now we are welding on a NEW extra heavy guage post extension.
The new post extensions welded on and painted... you'd never know that there had ever been a problem. Good as new for a fraction of the price...
Contractors, you can drop the railing(s) off at our shop...
We will cut the rust off the ends of the posts
and weld NEW post extensions on...
We will prime, and paint the new area gloss black...
We will get it done for you for NEXT DAY PICK-UP.

Pay the other guys 75.00 per man hour for mobile welding service...
OR pay us 60.00 per man hour...

In the end... the railings look the same... but with us, you can save alot AND...
We build stuff to LAST...
We do LOTS of other things besides just railings... what do you need??
How about a lock for your jobsite trailer or backyard storage shed?
Egress window safety rail. Made as per customer instructions.
Egress window safety rail. Made as per customer instructions.
secure your garage windows with solid welded wrought iron.
In this pic, we are building an entirely new rear end for this client's dump trailer. The dual doors can be easily removed. We ALWAYS over-build the hinge assemblies. They LAST... We do all kinds of fabricating here at Action Ornamental.
We do a broad variety of work... Here you see that we installed this 6" I-Beam door header for Miller's Service on Griggs and Randolph in Saint Paul...

He now has a 1 Ton trolly and hoist for lifting the big stuff...
This is the very first railing we ever built... way back in 1996...
It's at a Catholic grade school in south Minneapolis. It's still in GREAT shape... although the skate-boarders have taken the paint off the top of the rail, the primer is STILL there... after all these years... the paint job is holding up....

Hire us, and you'll be glad you did... Years from now.
Customers often call us, asking for a "ball-park" price... Well... it depends on the job. MOST of the time... with a simple step railing we can help you out on the phone, if you can give us these 3 numbers...we need the "Landing"...

... and finally... the "Run".
If you can give us these three numbers... we can give you a close estimate over the phone. We will of course have to come and look at the job to write a formal proposal, but this "gets the ball rolling", so to speak.

Of course... you don't need to measure it first to have us come out and give you a proposal... That's just if you wanted a "ball park" estimate over the phone first before scheduling an appointment to get a formal proposal done.
Building a solid work ethic into America's next generation... This young man helped hand bend those tool-steel scrolls... and fabricate this open railig for a customer in Saint Paul...