How To Make Front Porch Railings
An affordable simple quick porch railing build including balusters and a newel post.
How to make front porch railings. Building a perfect-fit handrail with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva. With your tape measure determine the exact width and depth of your porch. Heres an easy tutorial on how to make a simple yet beautiful handrail for your front porch steps.
Lay out the 2 x 4-inch studs. See below for a shopping list and toolsSUBSCRIBE to This Old House. The balusters are just simple straight pieces cut from used deck board primed and painted.
Mark this point on each of the studs. I could then get started on the railings by making all of the balusters. Graph the DIY Wood Porch Railing.
A railing can instantly make your porch safer during the winter. I used new 24 for the railing components. Select a Front Porch Railing Paint or Stain.
Plan Your Custom Railing Step 1. Website articlehttpwwwibuilditcaother20projectsHome20Improvementporch-railinghtmlYou can help to support quality content by pledging a small amou. Paul built this system for his front porch using this Surface Mount Railing Kit along with an Obtuse Angle fitting to extend the railing to the wall.
Prime caulk the seams and two coats of paint on the posts complete them. Nail the top stud to the top rail forming a cap for the new railing. This is measured from the deck surface to the top of the rail.