Iron railing question

joeg679

Hello, I have iron railings in my house and I would like to re-do them. THey were white, but I stripped the paint and painted them oil rubbed bronze, which was a huge improvement. Now, I would like to add a wooden top to them. I would like to keep the iron posts, but add the wooden rails like they sell in home depot. I really don't want to cut the rails off and attach the wood directly to the posts. I was wondering if they have some kind of system that has a groove in the bottom of the rail so it will fit over the existing iron rail. Any ideas are greatly appreciated. Thanks

oh'mike

You will probably need to do this on your own.

Should not be to difficult,However you will need to find a friend with a table saw and dado blades,to cut the groove.

A router with a straight cutting bit and an edge guide would do the same thing-Just a bit slower.

Let's see if someone else has a suggestion.---Mike---

sdsester

Be sure and sight them, especially if buying at a box store so you end up with a relatively square edge to work with. You may have to go through a pile to get straight ones at HD. They just heep them in a pile or in the bin when they come in with noone culling out even the worst.

I would either dado cut or router them. Will not take long. How are you going to fasten them? Sure a box store is where you want to get the material? A building supply or lumber yard might have better quality material and different options.

joeg679

Thanks guys, I am not sure how I would fasten them yet. Also, I would most likely buy them at a lumber yard, I was just using Home Depot as an example, because we have all been there.