Installing Stair Rails And Spindles
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Installing stair rails and spindles. Fit the balusters into the top and bottom channels with wood glue and use pin nails to attach them. The day to revolt against plain wooden balusters and jazz up your staircase with iron balusters. The day has come. In the last post i showed you how to stain your wooden railings and today we talk iron balusters.
Fill in all of the screw holes left in the treads with some matching wood putty. Be careful not to punch all the way through the rail. Install the first deck stair railing using an electric screwdriver and 3 wood screws. How to install new stair treads and railings step 1.
Drill through the sides of the newel posts at the top using a 3 16 inch bit. Cut and fit filets for the top and bottom rails and insert them between the balusters with glue. Mark your bit with masking tape if you have to. Then cut the returns on your power miter saw.
Countersink to a depth of 1 inch using the 1 2 inch forstner bit. For a tight fit. Overdrilling the hole in the handrail will allow you to push the new spindle up into the railing and then back down into the hole at the base. Add a 2x4 brace between the stringers at the top step.
Place 3 1 2 inch screws into the holes and drive. With the stair railing mounted it s easy to measure for and install the short pieces that return to the wall at the top and bottom of the rail.