Repair Loose Iron Railing

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Repair loose iron railing.

The original railing is wrought iron i love it but it has been wobbly since we bought the house and i don t know where to begin to fix it. Keeping up with the maintenance on them is the best way to prolong the life of your railings. Clean dust and debris from railing holes in concrete staircase with wet dry vacuum. Mix in a bucket some water and hydraulic cement.

If the problem is a result of loose nails remove the nails one at a time and replace with screws. Any time someone uses an unstable rail for support he can fall through the rail to the ground below. This video shows the process of how to repair unsafe wrought iron railing and reinstall it properly on the concrete stairs or how to fix rusted wrought iron. Repair iron based wood railings by remove the piece of wood needing repair.

Metal railings are usually attached to wood with screws and to other sections of railing with bolts. This should provide for more stability. If a bolt won t tighten securely by hand remove it check for damage and replace it with another bolt of the same size. My home is a 1964 reverse basement.

Stand repaired railing into place on the staircase. Can someone give me an idea of the process needed to repair this. Diameter galvanized carriage bolts that length plus a nut and washer for each from any hardware store or home center. Once joints begin to move it is a downhill slide to the point of beyond repair.

Tighten loose bolts or screws manually. Resetting masonry anchors in a loose porch railing wear and tear through time and weather will loosen anchor bolts holding vertical railing posts to their base in concrete porches or stairs. You enter the home on the lower level but the main living is upstairs. You don t have to live with loose wobbly railing posts when a couple of bolts will make them safe and solid.

Using this wood as your template cut another piece exactly like it and put back together. A shaky stair railing is an accident waiting to happen. Measure the thickness of the post framing assembly add 1 in. Iron railings are a classic way to provide safety for porch steps and edges.