Staircase renovation - part 6: How to replace newel posts

previously on how to refurbish stairs is an old staircase we are going to use to show you how to plan for renovating your stairs the first thing we needed to say is when you want to change system your post and with spindles are you want to refurbish their steps and raise responses for the number of components required you need total length of hand rail pass read number of spindles required and the number of newer posts in this video we are going to show you how to refurbish the forces level of your staircase the ball no inch riser forms of this part faction inside for this particular staircase we are going to need to remove it this can be done with you delegate those are the half continue fitting steps and risers as we have done previous steps [Music] the phone portion of the landing area is comfortable whiter step the remaining area with winder steps abstention whenever you're happy with how they fit go ahead and install them you can order all the staff parts required to renovating your stairs in this video we're going to show you how to replace the newer posts of your staircase let's begin first thing you'll need to do is remove your old handrails base rails and spenders this deck is only is handrails so I'm going to continue removing those now [Music] next we need to determine a for hate we are going to cut earn your post to do this prepares a straight edge on the modem of two or three steps on my of the pitch leg from the pitch Lane we need to measure 900 millimeters up but this is a minimum height required from installing handrail and stair you in this case we're going to be installing a plain white opener on post of which we want to keep about 120 ml above the height of the handle using a spirit level continuum I can run all four sides as a new post [Music] following the lens you have just drawn go ahead and cut your new host all the granule posts come with a 50 millimeter diameter dowel to fit this we will need to bore a 50 millimeter hole in the center of our new this there are several different methods of doing this we are going to be using a 50 millimeter hole saw a 35 mil Forstner drill bit on a sharp chisel to remove any remaining pieces of wood you you you you you you there's no time to fit renewables we recommend changing from one of our newer best connectors to hate any gap between your Newark post a new abyss these are secured in place with four screws [Music] do your new a posting please I'm check it with your spirit level you to secure your newer post in place drill a 10 millimeter deep hole in the new base then fix a screw directly through the base and the down one of your new post plug the remaining hole with a small piece of wood [Music] finish up the installing one of our newer post caps and then continue on installing your remaining newer posts well done you just finished installing your new posts check out the next tutorials to learn how to finish refurbishing your system Celia [Music] [Music] the dyslexic man walks into a bra good boy and I didn't get it the first time no no no but yeah yeah you know why did the pig stop sunbathing he was baking in the heat [Music]

Channel: George Quinn Stair Parts Plus

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Length: 6min 13sec (373 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 09 2015