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How to build a $ 45 handrail for rustic garden stairs
These garden stairs have no handrail.
A wooden handrail will be fitted to the wall shown in the second picture.
A wooden handrail will be fitted to the wall shown in the second picture.
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The material use to build the handrails is very simple as it simply consists of:
- Shovel shafts purchased at a DIY store for $ 4 each. The 35 mm diameter shafts, are made of hardwood and are protected with a wood protection coat making them weatherproof and strong like it should be for a shovel handle!
- Since it is necessary to have them fixed away from the wall, spacers are needed. In this particular case, I decided to use the screws that fix a new washing machine drum for transportation.These screws are removed prior to starting the washing machine and it happened I kept not less of 12 of them aside.
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Holes are drilled in the natural stone wall at an 80cm height from the steps.
Because the handrail fixing is happening in natural stone, no anchor bolts are used, simply 10mm wall plugs.
The shovel shaft is drilled with an 8.5mm bit to let the screw go through.
Because the handrail fixing is happening in natural stone, no anchor bolts are used, simply 10mm wall plugs.
The shovel shaft is drilled with an 8.5mm bit to let the screw go through.
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The handrail fixing screw has a hexagonal head (lag screw) and can be tightened with an elbow socket wrench.
Do not use any other type of screw as this is the strongest for this application. Using anchor bolts in natural stone is not recommended as this could lead to cracks in the stone and the anchor will get loose with time. |
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Here is the final result.
Note how the outdoor stairs handrail has been connected to an existing aluminum handrail to make it stronger.
Note how the outdoor stairs handrail has been connected to an existing aluminum handrail to make it stronger.
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It is a pure mechanical assembly with the shovel shafts being fixed together and to the aluminum handrail with bolts and nuts.
It is absolutely unbreakable.
It is absolutely unbreakable.
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