Decorative drain grates used to be exclusive to high-end landscape projects with big budgets. Typically, they were produced by expensive artisan foundries and required custom fabricated frames. As a result, many contractors and homeowners were left without an affordable or easy-to-install decorative option. Enter Iron Age Designs. Our founders—former artisan foundry professionals themselves—set out to create designer metal castings that were not only beautiful but also engineered to fit existing drain bodies from major manufacturers. They reasoned that pairing our grates with readily available, pre-formed drain bodies would give our customers an easy, cost-effective way to transform their drainage from eyesore to decorative focal point. That was in 2005. Since then, Iron Age Designs has expanded its artfully designed collection of trench and catch basin grates to include tree grates and site furnishings. We also partner with landscape architects, designers, artists, and municipalities to create custom castings in iron, bronze, and aluminum.
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Iron Age Designs
MANUFACTURER OVERVIEW
Iron Age Design and Import LLC, operating as Iron Age Designs, was founded in 2005 and is based in Burien, Washington. The company develops decorative cast-metal drainage products, tree systems, covers, tactile-warning products, site furnishings, and custom metal castings for landscape, streetscape, stormwater, architectural, and public-realm projects. Its made-to-fit approach engineers decorative grates for compatibility with established prefabricated drain bodies, allowing the visible grate to be treated as a deliberate design component without automatically requiring a proprietary drainage assembly.
PRODUCT FOCUS
- Benches and Seating
- Bollards
- Catch Basin Grates
- Curb Inlet / Bioswale Systems
- Custom Decorative Metal Castings
- Detectable Warning Plates
- Embeds
- Large Grate Array Panels
- Manhole and Solid Covers
- Planter Box Systems
- Planter Fences
- Radius Grates
- Register Covers
- Skimmer Lids
- TactaDrain™ Grates with Tactile Warning
- Tree Grates
- Tree Guards
- Trench Grates
MATERIALS AND FINISHES
- Grey Cast Iron for Applicable Grates, Covers, and Site Elements
- Ductile Iron for Applicable Load and Structural Requirements
- Cast Silicon Bronze for Applicable Architectural and Landscape Products
- Cast Nickel Bronze for Applicable Architectural and Landscape Products
- Cast Aluminum for Applicable Products Requiring a Non-Ferrous or Lower-Weight Material
- Raw Metal Finishes for Applicable Products
- Baked-On-Oil Finish for Applicable Iron Products
- Powder-Coat Finish Options for Applicable Products
- Project-Specific Material and Finish Selection Subject to Product, Exposure, Traffic, and Installation Requirements
COLLECTIONS
- Argo
- Interlaken
- Locust
- Oblio
- Rain
- Regular Joe
- Coordinated Pattern Families Extending Across Multiple Product Types
CUSTOM AND COMPLEX-GEOMETRY CAPABILITIES
- Custom Trench and Catch-Basin Grates
- Custom Radius Grates for Curved Installations
- Large Tree-Grate and Pedestrian-Surface Arrays
- Custom Patterns, Logos, Lettering, and Graphic Elements
- Project-Specific Sizes and Configurations
- Custom Manhole, Utility, and Solid Covers
- Custom Bollards, Benches, Planter Fences, and Site Elements
- Cast-Iron, Bronze, and Aluminum Options for Applicable Custom Work
- Collaboration with Landscape Architects, Architects, Artists, Municipalities, and Project Teams
APPLICATIONS
- Trench and Linear Drainage
- Catch-Basin and Area Drainage
- Curb-Inlet, Bioswale, and Stormwater Systems
- Urban Tree Planting and Plaza-Scale Tree-Grate Arrays
- Curved Drainage Runs, Fountains, and Circular Landscape Features
- Tactile-Warning and Detectable-Warning Conditions
- Manhole, Utility, Valve-Box, and Maintenance Access
- Planter Enclosures, Tree Protection, and Site Furnishings
- Swimming-Pool and Spa Skimmer Access
- Interior and Exterior Register-Cover Applications
- Custom Placemaking, Identity, Commemorative, and Wayfinding Elements
- Civic, Commercial, Campus, Hospitality, Residential, Sports, and Public-Realm Projects
SPECIFICATION AND DESIGN SUPPORT
- Product Cut Sheets and Technical Drawings for Applicable Products
- CAD and Product-Detail Downloads for Applicable Products
- Editable CSI Three-Part Specifications in Word and PDF Formats for Applicable Trench-Grate, Catch-Basin-Grate, and Tree-Grate Products
- Drain-System Compatibility Information for Applicable Grates
- Product-Specific Dimensions, Weight, Free-Drain Area, Flow Information, Material, Finish, and Accessibility Data Where Published
- Product-Specific Load and Installation Information Where Published
- Design FAQ and Planning Resources
- Request-a-Quote Pathway for Project-Specific Requirements
- Sales-Representative and Direct-Manufacturer Consultation
- Support for Material, Finish, Pattern, Radius, Frame, and Installation Coordination
MANUFACTURER NOTE
Product availability, dimensions, materials, finishes, drain-body compatibility, free-drain area, flow information, accessibility status, load ratings, structural performance, lead times, pricing, and installation requirements can vary by product and project. Always review Iron Age Designs’ current technical documentation and confirm project-specific hydraulic, structural, accessibility, finish, frame, and installation requirements directly with the manufacturer before specifying, purchasing, or installing products.
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Contact: Mark Armstrong (Co-Founder and President)
Telephone: 877.418.3568
Email: Mark@IronAgeGrates.com
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