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How to replace the railing of the stairs?

Beautiful banister   with thin curly pillars necessary for the protection and, moreover, are an ornament. Therefore, a broken or shattered Front railing not only threaten security, but also spoil the appearance of the stairs. Cranky balustrade can be strengthened with glue, nails or wedges, but cracked or severely scratched rack must be replaced. First, determine the method of attaching the racks. Racks with a square upper part is typically inserted into a shallow groove width of the handrail, usually equal to the thickness of the rack. Between racks in the groove nailed wooden blocks. Some stairs are the bottom of the rack can be installed in a longitudinal groove milled long profile that is attached on the side of the string. Round rack made on a lathe, hand rails installed in the holes. The bottom if they do not overlap the bill roll (item covering the tread end), they also have a circular type, inserted in the hole of the tread, although visible outside of their square section. However, if the rack with square ends slightly closed consignment cushion, perhaps they are connected to tread in the « dovetail », and to determine the type of connection, as well as their replacement is necessary to remove the invoice roller. Save a broken rack and use it as a template for making a new one. If you can not find a similar stand in the store building materials, ask the carpenter to carve it on a lathe. You can buy a new rack with square instead of the lower end of the rack with a pin type « dovetail » and make yourself a spike, but in a pinch, you can just insert a new round bottom spike rack at the slot-type « dovetail » nail and nail it.

Often the cause of the instability of railing staircase   is the poor attachment of the lower support balusters, too big grooves in it and broken spines kosoura. To   replace railing   can be attached to the stringers baluster screws. To secure the support balusters design with a rounded bottom step can be wrapped in baluster screw through the floor.

Replacing railing staircase

Replacing the rack with the lower finger jointed

1. Removal of the damaged strut. Saw rack in half and dramatically turn the lower part of the stand pipe wrench to break the adhesive bond to tread. Remove the top part. If she had not removed or stuck, use a pipe wrench. If you can not destroy the union, took to drink stand flush with the tread, placing a piece of cardboard to avoid damaging the surface. Drill a hole for installation of a new round spike rack center drill with a diameter equal to the diameter of the stud. Folding ruler, measure the distance from the top edge of the hole in the handrail for rack installation (see box) to tread. Measure the distance plus 12 mm on the new rack from the bottom thereof, and shorten the rack, sawed off the top. Cut the round projections at the bottom of up to 5 mm.

How to replace the railing of the stairs?

 

2. Install the new rack. Spread glue hole in the tread, insert the upper end of the rack in the order, raising the rail by about 6 mm. Insert the bottom end of the hole in the tread. If the order is not lifted, cut the upper end of the bar at an angle.

How to replace the railing of the stairs?

 

Stand with spike « dovetail »

1. Removal of the side roller applicator. Old chisel, carefully remove the side of the belt and the side roller invoice defending kosour wooden lining. Saw the old stand and knock it out of the slot.

How to replace the railing of the stairs?

 

2. Attach the new rack. Insert the upper end of the cut to the size of the new racks into the holes of the handrail and the lower end - into the groove of the tread, placing it in the lining of the need to align the new stand in line with the old. Drill a hole through the support round the end of the rack and hammer a nail into it. Reinstall the side cushion invoice and lateral shoulder, trying to get into the old holes for the nails. Nail heads and drown zashpaklyuyte holes.

How to replace the railing of the stairs?

 

The reception, installed in a longitudinal groove

1. Remove the old rack. Laminate chisel bars below the old stand on the string above the old stand on the handrail and remove their remnants. Remove the old rack, moving it in the direction of the shot bars and removing nails. Strip adhesive residues in the grooves. With Malki (carpenter's tool for transferring angles) to determine the angle at which you need to trim the ends of the new racks and bars, inserting it between adjacent racks and overhead bar. Note the angle at the new stand and saw off its ends to the desired length.

How to replace the railing of the stairs?

 

2. Install the new rack. Place rack in the available slots and nail to the rail and to the lower profile with a longitudinal groove. The nails are hammered into the ground close to the ends of the rack where it will be subsequently covered with plates; head nails drown dobojnika. Measure out the new pad, mark the corners and cut off a Malka in sawing box. Spread the side and rear side linings with white glue, insert them into the slots of the handrail and the base profile and nail.

How to replace the railing of the stairs?

 

Securing the rickety railing pedestal

Fixing screws. Established in electric pivot 12 mm drill bit, drill the front plane of the support post railings (balusters) one above the other two holes 20 mm deep in the direction to the end kosoura. Then drill the same diameter as the thin part number 12 screws, drill these holes continue to drill into the end kosoura deepened. Tighten the two screws number 12 of at least 100 mm into the holes (inset). Close the holes with wooden plugs. To fix the support column mounted on a rounded step, necessary to have access to the floor below. Hammer two nails into the floor next to the reception. Then, define the bottom of this situation spike nails rack. Drill a wide opening for the head of the screw, and then narrow pilot hole for the body of the screw and tighten the screw with a diameter of 6 mm and a length of 75 mm. Remove the nails and zashpaklyuyte holes.

How to replace the railing of the stairs?

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