So in-laws stairway at the top of the staircase has pulled away from the wall..At the top where it is attached, is a half wall. How can the banister be re-secured to the wall?
Here in this picture(not actual picture of issue, just for reference) the portion im referring to is on the shorter portion in this pic, the round/oval end that attaches to the wall, similar in my case, but attached to half wall. Is there a preferred method to correct?
Its pulled away and you can see that it was secured with nails..
I was thinking that making a small hole on the back side of the wall thru the drywall, then screw in a lag bolt with washer to screw into the railing to pull things tight, then patch the hole??
The oval should be fastened to the rail from the back. Then the oval disk is screwed to the wall and the holes plugged. You need to have a secure surface behind drywall to fasten the oval.
Im sure there is wood behind the drywall where i would need to reattach, as the railing is attached right up to the edge of the wall.. It will be this weekend before we go over, so cant provide actual pictures of the wall and issue in question, but here is similar wall
Since its right on the corner im hoping there is enough of the 2x4 accessible behind the railing to secure..
If there is, is that the preferred method to correct this issue?
Rosettes or wooden ovals aren't typically used for side mounting rails. The only times I've seen them is when a railing butts up to the wall like shown in the first pic. Railing brackets should always be screwed into a stud! Did they use rosettes to bring the railing out further from the wall ?? actual pic of what you have would be nice.
My railing is not side mount, i was using the half wall and railing as illustration of what im trying to explain. Actual pic may not happen until this weekend, reason for online examples.. from what i recall the oval portion is secured to the railing directly.. but then it was ONLY secured to the half wall with long nail gun nails.. or brads..
Neal, I thought the rail brackets were always supposed to be screwed into a stud. It's usually not a big deal to move the bracket up/down the staircase to hit a stud with the original install.
Take 1/8" drill bit and drill next to the plug or likely point little past the depth of the round and the drywall. Then push a wire through and see if hit something. Drill bit holes are easy to patch. If you don't hit anything, then remove as much drywall as needed from the opposite side and install a 2x nailer. Nailer can be installed with angles as well - does not have to be stud to stud. Deck section has corner angles that'll work. Use trim screws and fill.
We may go visit this weekend, so while im there ill take pics of all sides showing what id be working with, at this point the only thing the nails are doing is keeping the rail from swaying side to side when you grab it, from what i recall, the railing has pulled away from the wall by about 1/2" or more..
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