Colonial Ornamental Iron Works

We are VERY pleased with the hand forged security gates that Colonial Ornamental Iron Works fabricated for us. I would give them a 10 if I could! I wanted to design my gates based on elements I loved in an ornamental gate that I believe has been at our home since it was built, given the method of fabrication. They came promptly to see the project and were just as prompt providing an estimate. My first design was too detailed and more than we could afford. Eduardo was equally prompt in reviewing my revised design and providing a revised estimate. All and all, both Eduardo and Javier have been very responsive and a true pleasure to work with. They even delivered a day earlier than the promised deadline!
A shout out of thanks for executing my design with such a gorgeous piece of finished work. It was totally worth paying the extra it cost to have it hand forged to more closely resemble the original. I later perused their portfolio of other gates, handrails and balconies they have installed and they were equally gorgeous so if is not your passion to be the designer you will find lots of options at your fingertips in the pages of their portfolio.
Photos to come later when touch-​ups to stucco and paint have been completed.

This is the second time over the years I have had a chance to hire Eduardo and his team to make my 100 year old three story Victorian (with limited exterior stair or landing railings) safer!
A number of years ago (can’t remember exactly) I knew our exterior stairs were not safe with adequate railings, but I had no idea who to call to make and install iron railings. I mean, who does that kind of work? I found Colonial Iron Works through Unilocal back then, and met Eduardo, who set an appointment with me to measure and advise me on the type of railing that would be best and safest for two sets of stairs to three levels of my home that had no railings at all – with TWO young kids! They did a great job then and certainly bumped up our safety rating a bunch.
I had an exterior landing there too that he advised me to also protect but at that time things were a little tight so decided to put it off for a bit.
In the meantime my golden retriever has pulled me down those steps right to the landing, and lots of scares with hundreds of trick or treaters that I warn every year with every descent down the stairs towards that landing, (two flights up). With costumes and masks and scary stairs – in the DARK– OMG!
Today Colonial Iron Works perfectly fitted new up to code railings around the landing that look amazing! It actually finishes off the look of the front of the house! The workers were on time, and very efficient, did welding and touch up paint, and even did a small stabilization to another railing with no charge.
These are great dependable professionals and now I can look forward to the ghosts and goblins of Halloween (as well as other visitors and family), descending my exterior stairs with a safe and beautifully protected landing. Highly recommend!

Eduardo and his team are great. I’m very satisfied with their customer service and the quality of their work. Eduardo returned my phone call promptly, arrived on time to discuss the job, and provided a quote that day. He called on the morning that the work was to be done to give me the time frame for when his workers would arrive, and his workers showed up promptly at the beginning of that time frame. They completed the work in an hour, and the result looks great. I highly recommend Colonial Ornamental Iron Works.

These guys are great: polite, professional and good quality work product.
They were a little slow to call me back initially, but once we got in touch it was pretty smooth. Both Eduardo and his brother were really great to work with.

We tried three iron works companies that never called us back before we found Colonial Ornamental Iron Works. What a pleasure, when Eduardo called me back the very same day, and made an appointment to visit our home for a free estimate! We hired his team, the product was delivered on time, and our railings, inside and outside both look wonderful.
It is becoming increasingly rare to find this calibre of professionalism. We are 100 percent pleased with both the service and the craftsmanship and recommend this company without any hesitation.

Our experience with Colonial Ornamental Iron Works was 5 stars all the way. Several failures/​flake-​outs with other iron/​gate contractors led us to Unilocal to find someone– and Unilocal is where we found COIW. From our initial contacts with Eduardo through installation– we were extremely satisfied with every phase of the process. We’ve received many compliments on the beautiful gate & railing they installed for us, and I would highly recommend them to anyone in the market for ironworks.

This is an overdue review.
We recently bought a house and needed a ladder installed to the roof. We wanted it as heavy duty as possible as we have a view from there and might want to get up there occasionally. I did my research and decided to give Colonial a call based on that. Eduardo came out on time, gave us a quick quote that was under budget. His crew then came out and did a great install job.
These guys rock. I highly recommend you give Eduardo and Colonial a call. You will be pleased with the quality work.

We selected Colonial Ornamental Iron Works over a two other firms even though their bid was higher. We liked the variety of styles they had to offer. They met their schedule and installation was went flawlessly. We are pleased with the overall result.

Expensive might be the only complaint — but they are worth it because these guys are pros. They installed a railing on my front steps and I’m now having them add a railing to some interior steps with a third project to be completed in the future.
For the front steps they came out, we discussed exactly what I was looking for and then they measured. On installation day they arrived with everything set and were done installing very quickly. The final product exactly matched what I was expecting. A+.
On time, friendly, competent. Pro all the way.

We called Colonial Ornamental to strengthen our security gate. We were so impressed with the samples they provided that we skipped the alteration and ordered a new gate altogether. Really there wasn’t much a big difference in pricing.
Eduardo showed up on time and answered all of our questions. It took about a month to custom make our gate. They also called us the week before to remind us of our installation date.
They showed up on time. Dismantled our gate and installed the new gate. They even touched up the paint, which they chipped off when they dismantled the original gate, on our house. They also vacuumed and cleaned up the area before they left.
Gate is very nice and professional done. We’re happy with their services. If you are looking into getting a security gate, go check out Colonial Ornamental. Other places might be cheaper but really you are paying for superior products and excellent installation!

Eduardo and his team installed two security gates for me. They kept me informed of their arrival time and created quality gates for me. When the paint got smeared, they came back within a few days to do a nice touch up. Very pleased with their work and professionalism!
Wished that they had accepted credit cards though.

Prompt, professional, accommodating.
Needed a gate installed for the home. Called all of the ironworkers on Unilocal,but only a couple returned my call. Colonial replied quickly and seemed a lot more professional vs. the other guys, so I wasn’t surprised that they were more expensive, but I also didn’t mind. You pay extra for quality.
Eduardo came out twice to consult and show me the options, and the gate was finished and installed a week ahead of schedule. The only snag was that I didn’t like the lock (they installed a deadbolt as default without asking me for a preference, saying it was more secure).
Secure, maybe, but it proved to be inconvenient, because it’s a pain in the ass to have to lock the gate with a key from the outside every time you leave the house. Didn’t seem very sensible to me, and I was a bit surprised that they didn’t ask for my preference (I just assumed it would be the kind of lock that snaps closed — but you know what happens when you assume…).
Anyways, I called Eduardo back and mentioned this issue, asked if they’d be willing to replace the lock for the more convenient kind. He said no problem, and it was done at no cost in less than 48 hours.

I needed window grills for my home on California. I found them on Unilocal and read all of the good reviews. I talked to Eduardo on the phone and I could just tell this was going to be easy, smooth and that I would get a good product. This a really well run family company. Eduardo has an MBA and runs the business side from what I can tell. His other brother came and installed everything quickly and professionally and was friendly and cool. Everyone responded timely to my inquires and answered questions. They just installed them today, exactly when they said they would. They look better than I imagined. Thanks COLONIAL. I am so happy with the results! I AM THRILLED to have this problem solved and with such great results!

Great guys to do business with. Eduardo worked with me on custom designing the ironwork, liased with my color consultant to get a water-​based paint (they usually use oil-​based) that would work in their spray gun, and when they installed the work, it looked fabulous!

These guys rock! I just had a railing installed by Colonial and they exceeded my expectations across the board… something that rarely happens when dealing with contractors.
I first called Mission Ironworks and left a couple messages. Finally after no return calls I reached someone live and he said he’d call me back to schedule a time. He never resurfaced. I then called Gomez Ironworks and a old gentleman came to quote on the job — he really didn’t seem to want to be here. After taking measurements he told me it would be $ 1100. I asked for something more formal in writing so he wrote «$ 1100» on the back of his business card. He didn’t have any material samples but showed me a couple pictures.
Now for my experience with Colonial… I called their office and a professional woman answered the phone. She set up an appointment for Edwardo to come by my house. Edwardo showed up on time for our appointment, brought pictures, samples and talked me through exactly what they could do. He also provided helpful recommendations. He wrote out a detailed quote which explicitly stated what would be delivered. I signed off and he scheduled the delivery date of July 24^th — this surprised me since having dealt with a lot of contractors the delivery dates are usually expressed as, «sometime in the next X weeks», or better yet «I can’t give you a delivery date.» They actually called me on July 10^th to say they were done early and it was installed to perfection on July 13^th — 11 days early. The work crew was courteous and they cleaned up any mess after they left. The railing looks fantastic!
Colonial was a bit more expensive, the job was $ 1300, but it was worth the premium to have this level of service and professionalism.

These guys seem to be the main place to go for anything iron. We used them twice to make modifications to an existing iron gate (for security) and they are reliable and on time. Unfortunately they are expensive but it might be the same for all iron parts and work.