Carpentry and Woodworking - Railing installation

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Puchatek
05-06-09, 01:03 PM
I'm about to replace my indoor wood railings after putting down hard wood floor. The question is, where do I position the newel post? Are there code guidelines for the distance from the edge of the floor, edge of the first thread? Do I just eye-ball it?

Thanks!

--Rob in VA

CVGFir
05-06-09, 07:23 PM
You can place your newel at the last riser but the exact location isn't critical. Depending upon the framing underneath, I often let that determine where exactly my newel post will go, since I want to mount it into something solid. When laying out your balusters, if you have an iPhone or iTouch, there is a cool app called BalusterPro to calculate your spacing easily for you. You can see it at www.gabrioconstruction.com

Good luck!
GBR in WA
05-06-09, 08:22 PM
If you need any code answers, this may be helpful:

http://www.stairways.org/pdf/2006%20Stair%20IRC%20SCREEN.pdf Be safe, G

Puchatek
05-06-09, 09:23 PM
Thank you! :coffee:

--Rob in VA