I am in the process of reworking the stairs which lead up to my loft. As part of that effort, I will be installing a stair handrail (which I have never done before). I will be connecting the railing directly to the wall, In investigating materials available for this I am seeing not only hand rails but up-easing, over-easing, quarter-turn, and 90 degree turn pieces. My question is, how are these pieces typically connected together to form a solid smooth contiguous railing?
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Assuming you are installing 'standard' wood rail:
Several different names for the same piece of hardware: hanger bolt, stair bolt, rail bolt. Basically a headless bolt, coarse wood threads on one end, machine threads on the other. Install the wood-threaded end into one piece of the rail. Drill for the machine threaded end into the mating piece of rail, and drill a perpendicular hole so that you can attach the nut to draw the two together. They also come in different shapes depending upon your configuration. A search for ' installing hanger bolt in stair rail ' would help to clarify.
I'm assuming that 'connecting the railing directly to the wall' means no balusters.
Yes, correct... no balusters. This is very helpful information. Thanks much for sharing it.
Thanks much for your help. I am now very familiar with the hardware and it's use. I have attached a few pictures of the finished result. I used my router table to rout a small channel in the bottom of the stair rail so I could install LED light strips. Very pleased with the result.
Cool idea! Well done.