How To Add a Railing to a Stairway (Easy DIY Project)

In this video Rob the plumber and I add some wooden railings to a stairway that we had built. It's pretty easy to do, and took about 3-4 hours to accomplish.

In a previous project we took out a window in the house and added in a door and a stairway.

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[HeartTheBodyMovement]

Thank you. This has helped me visualize what I need to do to fix my back stairs

[I_am_Owl]

You can tell Rob know what he doing when he was using that small skill saw to notch out the stepping boards at the end. Had that board leaning on his leg 😅🤣🤘🏽

[benmarkus]

Looks great! Gonna be installing a railing on my mother's stairway at her cottage in a few weeks and think i'll go with this style!

[teccmo]

Construction work in sandals lol, gotta love it.

[ChrisLhamon]

I want to do something VERY similar to this stairway, but I couldn't find much about it. After a few days of searching in my spare time, this is the best thing that I've seen. I like that style.

[gjclifford]

This shows everything you shouldn`t do when building steps lol

[mattharrison]

This almost turned into an osha safety video

[Harleyforever]

I’m building a deck this weekend. I have been looking for a way to add railings. This video gave me some great ideas. Thanks for sharing!

[u.sonomabeach]

I can't believe they survived this project. Harbor freight should sponsor this because I trust their tools about the same

[bloominflowers]

AS a Union carpenter, I can only shake my head and laugh.

[tammygurl]

You guys are VERY TRUSTING of one another... your friend is wearing sandals while holding the post with his foot while you drill from the opposite side and later you're holding the post while he uses the recip saw to saw the post top off in the direction your head! 🤣😂🤣 Anyway, I was hoping to find an easy way (easy for me anyway) to make one handrail on some porch steps than hang over the stringer several inches so thanks for sharing! 🙂

[DwayneCreates]

The lady eating chips in the background makes me laugh and then Rob losing his hat at 9:55.

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[mikechamplain]

Not criticizing you guys working, but that rail will not pass code at least here on the west coast...all stairs must be anchored to concrete at the bottom, the 2x6 top cap must be changed to allow a person to grab a hold in case of falling...the ballasts, will only stay in position for about two years only using one nail. That deck will only last about 5 years until it needs quite a bit of repair work....I'm a deck builder I guarantee our decks to last 75 years.

[sonsabiscuiteaters]

@4:44 hey Rob, I'm gonna shove the post in with my big toe back here. Go ahead and run that screw through my flip flop, boss.

Rob: got you fam.

[paulretzbach]

Should of used a couple carriage bolts through that stringer and post but looks good guys

[karenmcnamara]

YIKES! This was very entertaining. i'm about to build a set of stairs and railing deck. I also love my Ryobi tools!

[kennethbeecher]

A top hand rail must be small enough so an average hand can grab, and hold onto. This flat, wide top hand rail looks nice, but would fail a Buildings Dept insp. Key is to keep D of B out of your backyard. Good job anyway!!

[u.sonomabeach]

To anyone watching: Dont EVER support the opposite side of anything that is having a screw or drill bit ripping through it while wearing sandles with your foot pressed firmly against the side the sharp point is traveling. It would be horrible to have your toe screwed into the wood. I can't believe they would not edit that out or at least put a disclaimer saying that the method used to support the post while being screwed was extremely careless and bad practice that should never ever be copied. (And just so I don't look like an idiot: I didn't read the description or other comments so I dont know if this video was intended as a spoof or parody of someone doing a job haphazard or if it was made with the intention of pissing OSHA off. If so just ignore my comment....actually don't ignore it because either way it is smart to keep your body out of the path of sharp objects traveling at high RPMs

[Myles]

soon as you guys finished and sat down i automatically said its time for beer. and then you said it lol