Jan Philips wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:19:27 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

Have you considered uploading a picture and providing a link so we can
see what's going on?

Here is a photo of the spiral stairs, but it doesn't show the break.
There are rods about a half inch in diameter that connect the handrail
to the center column. (you can see one if you look closely) One of
them is broken.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481858@N04/4836266316/

Obviously need a closeup to tell anything useful, particularly showing
the actual break but...looks like welded construction in all likelihood
and not much else to be done.

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