Hello all,
Just started to overhaul our stairs and upon removing part of the wooden cladding I discovered that the newell post has some deep saw cuts in it and so am a bit concerned as to its safety!
As you can see in the last image above there is a wooden frame that runs up the post but that seems to be just for the cladding. There is also a cut on the back of the post which is above the one on the front.
Is this safe as from what i can gather the post is supporting the stairs (see image below) or can I assume that this needs to be replaced?. The original plan was to cut the newell post off at ceiling height and open up the space underneath but if it is supporting the stairs then that won't be the best idea I've had!
Hope you can help me out on this!
Just started to overhaul our stairs and upon removing part of the wooden cladding I discovered that the newell post has some deep saw cuts in it and so am a bit concerned as to its safety!
As you can see in the last image above there is a wooden frame that runs up the post but that seems to be just for the cladding. There is also a cut on the back of the post which is above the one on the front.
Is this safe as from what i can gather the post is supporting the stairs (see image below) or can I assume that this needs to be replaced?. The original plan was to cut the newell post off at ceiling height and open up the space underneath but if it is supporting the stairs then that won't be the best idea I've had!
Hope you can help me out on this!