Repair loose handrails
Handrails routinely come loose because of the weight they bear, especially in high-traffic staircases. If you have a wall-mounted handrail, repairing it is as easy as tightening the screws that attach it to the wall. If your handrail is secured through newels (vertical posts that support a handrail), it will take a little more work to get it tightened up. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Shake the individual newels (handrail posts) of your handrail to locate the problem.
2. Remove the flooring or work through the ceiling to get to the newel's anchoring point (if you cannot already see it).
3. Make sure the newels are vertical. Insert a lag bolt (16-inches long by 1/2 inch in diameter) a minimum of 8 inches into each newel from below. Insert the bolt through the solid blocking attached to the floor joists and directly into the center of the newel's dowel pin.
4. Test the rigidity of the newel by shaking it.
Tags: Insert bolt, newels vertical, your handrail
