On Wednesday, 8 January 2020 21:11:53 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 08/01/2020 19:53, tabbypurr wrote:
On Tuesday, 7 January 2020 03:04:01 UTC, John Rumm wrote:
On 06/01/2020 23:22, tabbypurr wrote:

Plan is to fit timber bars under open stair steps to reduce the
gaps to meet BR. They'll be positioned in the middle of the
space up-down-wise. But I'm not seeing how they can be fixed. The
right side is easy, a slim nail through the string into the end
of the bar. But the left outer side of the stair is inaccessible,
so not clear how one could fix them there. Yes it's easy to do so
it looks bad, eg with little L brackets, but how to do it neatly?
The problem with using a dowel is that the bar has to slide into
place without being angled, so it would not be possible to get a
dowel into position. 2

A dowel would not actually be that difficult - drill the initial
hole in the stringer at a slight angle, and then straighten the
drill as you reach full depth. In effect creating a squashed
conical hole - with some slop near the surface in the front to back
sense. That should allow the down to enter at an angle, but then
straighten and tighten as it bottoms out.

A few people seem to have misunderstood this. It's not possible to
angle the bar more than marginally when inserting it, so any solution
relying on sticking one end in then the other won't work.

Perhaps a diagram / photo would help?

Could you for example route a recess for the bar end that allows it to
be inserted deeper than required for assembly before being withdrawn
slightly for final fix?

No. And if I tried, patches of raw wood amid dark would look awful. I'll use angled screw/nails, it seems to be the only workable option.


NT