"Bob Mannix" wrote in message
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"Chris Bacon" wrote in message
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:
Looking for a randrail for a staircase. The staircase is rather narrow
and I want the type which is a piece of timber directly fixed to the
wall, not a piece of round timber mounted on brackets, which sticks
out
more than I want. It already had such a randrail, but it is only about
half the length it should be, and does not reach the top or bottom of
the staircase. Can't see this in any of the sheds. I've not
specifically
looked in the BM's yet, but I don't recall seeing anything other than
the standard Richard Burbidge stuff in those either.

Sow's (or pigs) ear, available off the shelf at Jewson. Secure with
large screws, e.g. 12 by 2 1/2. Looks better if you cut back the
bottom to leave a rounded "knob" sticking out at each end.

I decided to take an old one off and replace it. The old one was held on
with about six cut nails banged into wood fillets in the brick mortar
courses and was absolutely solid and well nigh impossible to shift. Having
got it off and repaired the plaster , I fitted another (from a builder's
merchants). I used about 15 no12 screws - no matter what I did, it was
never
as solid as the original - the original builders were clearly supermen!
You
have been warned! Take a roof rack as well - you can hardly saw it up to
transport!


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Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)



I used about 8 large screws and a lot of no nails. It is now fixed solidly
to the wall and I only hope it is not me who has to take it off as they will
probably have to replaster the wall.