Cut off newel post

[filthy71]

Hi everyone,
The newel post at the bottom of stairs was cut off and a metal stair rail fixed to it and the stringer. I want to have a newel post with handrail balustrades etc, more traditional look. Can I join a newel post somehow to the old one and can I just fix the other end of the handrail to the wall? Somebody told me there is some sort of kit for where the newel post has been cut but I can't seem to find it. See pics

 

[foxhole]

You could splice in a newel post to the base slot .
At wall you use a 1/2 newel post screwed to wall.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Hi, you will need to fill in the 'cut out' with timber and then add a piece of timber to bring the angle up square. Then fit one of these:

https://www.travisperkins.co.uk/Kwik-Stairs-Winder-Newel-Square-Extension-Post-Softwood/p/223158

Hope that helps.

Andy

 

[filthy71]

I see there is a tenon on the end, can you recommend a glue that would be strong enough to
A: keep the filler piece in place after I've drilled out to accept the tenon
B: Strong enough to hold the post there safely

 

[HERTS P&D]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cascamit...1-5kg-Waterproof-Resin-Adhesive-/143008597346

Andy

 

[foxhole]

Stronger to cut in a single newel rather than doing it in bits.
(Remove outer section so newel goes to floor )

 

[big-all]

most off the strength has now been removed the mortise you see means all the strength has been removed hence the crack to floor level
does the newel seem solid to the string or can you see movement or gaps ??

 

[foxhole]

Don’t think that’s a mortise , three separate timbers ?

 

[big-all]

possibly hard to tell
may make it easier to "saddle " a new newel base over the string down to the tread top and floor on the other side

 

[Tigercubrider]

When I did one similar I removed the whole old newel.
Then created a slot. In the new newel, applied plenty of glue and having cut some matching pegs, drilled right through both the stringer and newel post, and drove the pegs through

You can buy 2 part newel so if you cock up the bottom you don't ruin the whole thing

 

[Tigercubrider]

 

[big-all]

yep better than i could describe it

 

[foxhole]

possibly hard to tell
may make it easier to "saddle " a new newel base over the string down to the tread top and floor on the other side

That was similar to my suggestion.

 

[big-all]

That was similar to my suggestion.

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