Repairing a Wobbly Stair Railing

I had a tricky railing repair recently. This is what it looked like...

...but this is what it felt like:

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My customer called me because she was remodeling a house and had an interior stair railing that was installed with very little support. It had just one bracket holding it up, and every time she grabbed it, it threatened to give way.

The trick on this job was to secure the railing while still making the repair attractive. I decided to surround it on all sides with steel brackets, then cover the brackets with trim.

It took some fancy carpentry, but the final version looked and felt much more solid and substantial.

That wasn't the only problem with this railing. The lower posts were also held up with cheesy and ineffective brackets. It had already given way on one side!

I attached the posts much more firmly and notched them to add strength.

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