Home Repair (alt.home.repair) For all homeowners and DIYers with many experienced tradesmen. Solve your toughest home fix-it problems.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 199
Default Attaching loft railing

Any suggestions for attaching the ends of a 5 foot railing to keep people
from falling out of a loft?

I am planning a railing made of oak.

Thanks.
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 5,823
Default Attaching loft railing


"franz fripplfrappl" wrote in message
et...
Any suggestions for attaching the ends of a 5 foot railing to keep people
from falling out of a loft?

I am planning a railing made of oak.

Thanks.


Screws. It would help though, if you told us what the type of construction
is and what you are attaching the ends to..


  #3   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 5,149
Default Attaching loft railing

franz fripplfrappl wrote:
Any suggestions for attaching the ends of a 5 foot railing to keep people
from falling out of a loft?

I am planning a railing made of oak.

Thanks.

A loft rail is no different than the straight section of rail on the
upstairs end of an old-style open staircase, except you don't have a
banister to tie to.

Look in the staircase parts aisle. Newel post with the half-lap bottom
extension, lagged into the band joist on the loft. (Countersink and
cover with dowel pegs, to make it pretty.) Or if you can make a pocket
in the framing so you can lag from 2 directions, all the better. Note
that you DO NOT want to bolt this through drywall at any point- you want
a hard joint with the framing.

Now if this is between 2 walls, it is a lot easier- bury big steel
L-brackets in the end of the railing, and lag those to doubled 2x's in
the wall, again, without fastening through drywall.

Bolt it all up before you mud, paint, and finish the space. If you can
make it wobble, it isn't stiff enough. Make it twice as strong as you
think it needs to be- rails over open spaces take a lot of abuse,
especially if there are kids around.

aem sends...

  #4   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 199
Default Attaching loft railing

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:29:39 +0000, aemeijers wrote:

franz fripplfrappl wrote:
Any suggestions for attaching the ends of a 5 foot railing to keep
people from falling out of a loft?

I am planning a railing made of oak.

Thanks.

A loft rail is no different than the straight section of rail on the
upstairs end of an old-style open staircase, except you don't have a
banister to tie to.

Look in the staircase parts aisle. Newel post with the half-lap bottom
extension, lagged into the band joist on the loft. (Countersink and
cover with dowel pegs, to make it pretty.) Or if you can make a pocket
in the framing so you can lag from 2 directions, all the better. Note
that you DO NOT want to bolt this through drywall at any point- you want
a hard joint with the framing.

Now if this is between 2 walls, it is a lot easier- bury big steel
L-brackets in the end of the railing, and lag those to doubled 2x's in
the wall, again, without fastening through drywall.

Bolt it all up before you mud, paint, and finish the space. If you can
make it wobble, it isn't stiff enough. Make it twice as strong as you
think it needs to be- rails over open spaces take a lot of abuse,
especially if there are kids around.

aem sends...


Thanks.
  #5   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 199
Default Attaching loft railing

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:13:59 +0000, Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"franz fripplfrappl" wrote in message
et...
Any suggestions for attaching the ends of a 5 foot railing to keep
people from falling out of a loft?

I am planning a railing made of oak.

Thanks.


Screws. It would help though, if you told us what the type of
construction is and what you are attaching the ends to..




The opening is about 9-10 wide with a floor to ceiling center post in the
middle. Each opening is then about 5' wide.

There will be two railings.

Each railing will have one end affixed to the enter post which is 6x6 and
the other end to the end of a wall which is of 2x6 construction.



  #6   Report Post  
Posted to alt.home.repair
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 5,823
Default Attaching loft railing


"franz fripplfrappl" wrote in message


The opening is about 9-10 wide with a floor to ceiling center post in the
middle. Each opening is then about 5' wide.

There will be two railings.

Each railing will have one end affixed to the enter post which is 6x6 and
the other end to the end of a wall which is of 2x6 construction.


If the center post is 6 x 6, I'd put a 3 x 6 on each end to make it look
right, extending it to at least railing height. That can easily be anchored
into the wall studs and be very secure. Then, depending on what attachment
hardware is available, screws or lags into the end post.

While OSHA regulations don't apply to homeowners, they do specify railings
should be strong enough to support 200 pounds in any direction. Use a hefty
screw. If you have kids, at some point one or more will be standing or
sitting on the rail.


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Loft insulation. Warm loft, colder bedrooms? [email protected] UK diy 2 October 27th 07 08:52 PM
Deck Railing TH Home Repair 7 June 29th 06 04:31 PM
long railing Eigenvector Home Repair 6 June 14th 06 05:58 AM
Loft Conversion: RSJ, Joist Hangers, attaching rsj to Gable IanMcD UK diy 3 July 12th 05 10:16 AM
Board Loft or Loft Conversion Justin Hughes UK diy 8 August 18th 04 02:42 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:17 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 DIYbanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about DIY & home improvement"