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Morning!
I'm fitting an oak newel post, and I think I know what I'm going to do, but I wanted to run it past the knowledgeable people here before I do it. I've attached a photo of the hole that the post is going in. It is the post at the top of the stairs, that forms a balustrade on the landing, just a straight one from a to b.
I have good access to 2 joists running perpendicular to each other, and that's what I need to attach to. I had planned to get some fairly chunky stainless screws to go through both joists and into the oak post and maybe stick it in with epoxy or polyurethane wood glue, but to do that, the screws need to be at least 130mm and locally, they are £32 for 20!
Stainless bolts/nuts/penny washers would seem to work for the white side in the photo, but couldn't get them in on the yellow side, because of the stringer. I could probably do a countersink deeper into the joist and use 100mm stainless screws, which are much cheaper, but is there a better way to secure this post? It's a busy house with kids, so needs to be as strong as possible, but also some kind of material that won't corrode in the oak. Open to ideas.
Cheers.
I'm fitting an oak newel post, and I think I know what I'm going to do, but I wanted to run it past the knowledgeable people here before I do it. I've attached a photo of the hole that the post is going in. It is the post at the top of the stairs, that forms a balustrade on the landing, just a straight one from a to b.
I have good access to 2 joists running perpendicular to each other, and that's what I need to attach to. I had planned to get some fairly chunky stainless screws to go through both joists and into the oak post and maybe stick it in with epoxy or polyurethane wood glue, but to do that, the screws need to be at least 130mm and locally, they are £32 for 20!
Stainless bolts/nuts/penny washers would seem to work for the white side in the photo, but couldn't get them in on the yellow side, because of the stringer. I could probably do a countersink deeper into the joist and use 100mm stainless screws, which are much cheaper, but is there a better way to secure this post? It's a busy house with kids, so needs to be as strong as possible, but also some kind of material that won't corrode in the oak. Open to ideas.
Cheers.
