[newhomeshopper]

hi,

I have a loose newel post at the bottom of my stairs. it is a wooden newel post and I'm assuming the same one when the house was build 18 years ago.

it sits next to the bottom step, where there is a corner of the step cut away to allow for post.

It does not seemed fastened to the stair at all.

It is 3in wide.

I was thinking of putting 1 or 2 , 5 inch wood screws ( which by the way are hard to find around here!) into the stair it sits next to.

a couple of questions:

does this sound reasonalbe?

should I use a i washer as well? if so, ilm guessing I should use a spade bit so I can sink the screw and washer in enough to plug in with a wooden dowl and then pain it.


Thanks, I appreciate the help.