Install Wood Stair Railing

I appreciate your posting. I'm looking for replacing my own railing too!

Posted by: Steve | December 3, 2007 3:09 PM

Hey Steve - good luck with your railing project. Send us photos when are you finished.

Posted by: Timothy | December 3, 2007 4:13 PM

I appreciate your posting. Could you please show in details how you installed the post. Especially how you secured it to the floor.

Posted by: Val | January 7, 2008 6:00 PM

Thanks for the great information. You took the mystery out of this project.

Posted by: Nancy Tesnohlidek | January 17, 2008 10:21 AM

Hi,

I just took a railing down separating our kitchen from the family room. Underneath the upper rail was a thick metal bar, cut to length, with right angles welded to the ends. From underneath, I removed three screws that held the up rail on. Once the rail was removed, it revealed the metal bar with screws holding the spindles. Each spindle has a 3/4" dowel that goes through the floor. Screws also went through the right angle metal pieces welded on to the wall and the end spindle. I have to wait until my daughter wakes up before I can look at the method of securing the end piece. Note that there are no toe nails.

Paul

Posted by: Paul G. Brandon | June 1, 2008 9:01 AM

How did you attach the newel posts to the finished wood floor and at the bottom of the stairs?

Posted by: Bob | July 21, 2008 3:04 PM

I'm working on a friends home and they would like to have an oak stair railing assembly. My question is how do you go about attaching the oak hand rail to the wall and the post. Is there a special fastener that has to be used in this project. This is on the stair well and everything is on an angle. If you could even give me a web site or picture that I could use to start this project would be most helpful. This is my first attemp at putting up this type of stair rail.

Posted by: Ray Clor | July 27, 2008 4:31 PM