Benefits & Differences
Vista Aluminum Railings – Unrivaled, Superior, Enduring...
Life is busy. Who has time to repaint wood railing season after season!? Vista railings are the no hassle solution to costly and timely repairs.
With super-low maintenance Vista Aluminum Railings, you can take perennial railing maintenance off your to-do list!
Unlike wood railings that need to be protected from insects and decay, or other metal railings prone to rust and peeling paint, Vista Alumimum Railings feature long-life rust-free powder coatings that endure any negligible maintenance requirements.
Stylish? Yes!
Vista Aluminum Railings are the only aluminum railing systems that are custom-finished for the real dimensions of your deck or landing—no need to make-do with offshore factory-built railings manufactured for generic decks that aren’t quite like yours.
Choose the style detailing you want--- any style—because Vista’s state-of-art manufacturing facility will create a custom look of your choice.
Pick the colour you want—any colour--- because Vista’s in-house top-quality powder coating operation can match any design scheme you select.
The possibilities are truly endless!
Budgeting? Lowest Lifetime Costs!
Upfront costs for Vista Railings are lifetime costs and a mere fraction of other railing options’ costs!
You won't waste your time every year keeping railings up to form and you won’t have to budget for all the upkeep costs that wood, iron and steel railings require.
Vista offers the best warranties in North America for aluminum railings--- lifetime for single family homes and similarly unsurpassed for multi-residential dwellings.
Carbon Footprint? 100% Recyclable!
Rest assured that when you select Vista Aluminum Railings to make your home beautiful you are also making a choice that’s best for the planet.
Aluminum can be reused for the same purposes over and over again. Unlike many other materials, aluminum does not lose its unique properties. Furthermore, recycling requires only 5% of the original energy input. Sapa, Inc., Vista’s aluminum extrusion supplier, is a U.S. Green Building Council member. See Sapa’s environmental policy and their contribution to LEED certification for further details. (
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Good Investment? Little Cost, Huge Returns!
Vista Aluminum Railings are THE lowest-cost finishing touch for your home that will add to resale value many times over. Elegant with enduring quality, Vista Railings will make even the oldest properties seem new and well-tended.
When You Choose Vista Brand Aluminum Railings You Get:
- Aluminum railings manufactured to the international standards organization’s top-quality “Q-Base” certification.
- Contemporary-style aluminum railings custom-designed and custom-coloured to your home.
- Perfect sized aluminum railings built in component systems that allow for perfect custom-fittings in your home.
- Securely installed aluminum railings made by the company that literally wrote the design manual on safe railing installation widely considered as the industry standard.
- The aluminum railings with the best warranties available in North America.
- The ONLY aluminum railings installed by the elite corps of Vista dealers (only one in five applicants accepted!) who participate in ongoing continuing education to keep at the top of the profession.
An Important Note
Recent testing indicates that posts with welded base plates fail at loads an average of 35% lower than identical posts with mechanical base plate connections. The strength of welded post base connections can be deceiving and their use is generally not recommended. Vista aluminum railings utilize a mechanical connection for this critical area, the post/base plate connection. These test results correspond with data published by the CSA and ANSI certification bodies.
Why choose Aluminum for your railing project?
Material properties such as light weight combined with high strength and resistence to corrosion contribute to low environmental loading. After iron, aluminum is now the second most widely used metal in the world. This is because aluminum has a unique combination of attractive properties:
- Low weight
- High strength
- Superior malleability
- Easy machining
- Excellent corrosion resistance
- Easy to mill, drill, cut, punch, bend, weld, bond, tape…