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Ironsmith

Ironsmith uses 100% post consumer recycled materials in casting tree grates, trench grates and drain grates. We believe the health of urban forestry can be helped with beautiful, affordable, flexible cast products. 

A campus bus stop with a large open area covered in Ironsmith pavers connected to the tree grates at the base of each tree.
Circular corporate courtyard with Ironsmith Camelia-style pavers and decorative grates at the base of the trees.

Tree Grates

Camelia
Ironsmith custom-case iron tree grate in a grey-tone metal with an intricate circular pattern

Tree Grates

Custom
Sidewalk of a shopping street. The trees along the sidewalk have a decorative metal Ironsmith grates in the Del Sol line covering the root area for safety and the tree trunk has a protective metal guard. Parked cars line the street.

Tree Grates

Del Sol
A stack of Ironsmith custom metal tree grate halves. There are raised stars in the corners and spell out Hollywood on each side.

Tree Grates

Custom
Sidewalk of a large street. The sidewalk tree has a large, decorative metal grate by Ironsmith covering the tree root area. The city's name, Diamond Bar, is in raised letters on the grate.

Tree Grates

Customized Parkway
Seen from overhead, a sidewalk tree is surrounded by Ironsmith bronze-tone tree grates in the Market style

Tree Grates

Market Street
An Ironsmith round drain grate with a decorative circular flower pattern from the Del Sol line is shown in a bronze finish

Tree Grates

Del Sol in Bronze

Ironsmith has the largest selection of small opening (less than 1/2″) tree grates. They stock over thirty standard sizes in 20 styles.

Custom sizes and styles are available without extended lead times.

Available in cast iron, powder-coated finishes, as well as aluminum, cast bronze and brass.

An outdoor seating area with Ironsmith pavers. The tree has a protective grate around the root area.

Paver-Grates®

A campus bus stop with a large open area covered in Ironsmith pavers connected to the tree grates at the base of each tree.

Paver-Grates®

 
Illustrated cross-section of an Ironsmith paver-grate with the following layers from the bottom up: subgrade, backfilled tree well, concrete footing, sand bed, sub-frame, catwalk grating, filter fabric, tree grate frame insert, cast iron tree grate, the tree, and the pavers on the top level.

Paver-Grates®

Paver-Grate® Pavement Suspension System is a very flexible system that can be used alone or in combination with traditional tree grates to increase the uncompacted root zone.

In addition to opening up tight pedestrian walkways, Paver-Grates® reduce trash accumulation and weeds while protection the root ball from compaction.

A fountain at an outdoor shopping mall with Ironsmith Conquistador-style trench grates at the sidewalk edge to funnel away excess water.

Trench Grates

Conquistador
Outdoor area with a short curved wall. Around the base of the curved wall there are two rings of Ironsmith Marina-style trench grating with 3 rows of bricks between them.

Trench Grates

Marina

Available in 14 styles, with matching corner options:

  • Cast grey iron
  • Cast ductile iron
  • Cast aluminum
  • Cast copper alloys

Standard length is 24″, but 12″ and 16″ are available.

A building and sidewalk separated from the road with a row of Lexington-style colonial style collards by Ironsmith

Bollards

Lexington
Ironsmith Victorian-style black metal bollard in front of a monument. A chain links the bollard to others to form a barrier

Bollards

Victorian
A large walkway is separated from a driveway with a row of Ironsmith Cypress-style modern bollards.

Bollards

Cypress

Available in 9 styles, Ironsmith cast bollards are available in 100% post-consumer recycled cast iron or cast aluminum. All styles are available as permanent or removable options.

Pipe caps can be ordered separately for installation on your locally sourced or existing pipe. Available for 4″, 6″, 8″, 10″ schedule 40 or 80 pipe.

A tree trunk with a custom decorative metal grate by Ironsmith around the roots. Three uplights are embedded into the grate.

Uplighting

Custom, with Paver-Grate® System
A tree with a decorative Ironsmith metal grate in a cement sidewalk. The great has 2 up-lights embedded in it.

Uplighting

Market Street in Bronze
Ironsmith round tree grate in a starburst pattern with uplighting for a tree in the middle of a sidewalk

Uplighting

Starburst

A low voltage in ground up lighting solution designed specifically for Ironsmith tree grates.

Lighting available in:

  • Halogen
  • LED
  • Terralux switchable LED