When we built our house we used a lot of the old well aged Teakwood for much of the house accents and the hand rails and balcony. After nearly 6+ years having to replace and try and stain match the wood I gave up the ghost and we called our friend over that built our Stainless Steel gate and said "Time for a swap out". We sat around over beers and sketched up a design we liked. He measured it all and went back to his shop to pre fab it all up.
He came the day before and him and I and a his shop hand yanked out all the old wood which was a pain in the ass but as we tore it out we saw other water damaged wood and the balcony in the spare room was almost nearing the dangerous stage as the posts were rotting away.
The day of install he brought 5 guys as the SST is heavy and had to be lifted up, the balcony for the spare room was a 1 piece set up and took all 7 of us.
Pre Fab'd and ready. You can see the old wood stair hand rail in place in the back ground as well as my FIL doing his foreman job from afar. We left that until the last day as we were worried my FIL would fall
I piece set up for the spare bedroom
Spare bedroom balcony railing in.
All railing around upstairs sitting room in and stair hand rails.
Done with gate.
Now its not more maintenance and chasing rotting wood. We have a few cement areas that cracked and lifted when pulling the old wood out but nothing major. Overall I am quite happy with the change