Riser hand rails? DIY or otherwise

 http://www.lawrencemetal.com/product...ling+Solutions

You could DIY with stuff from these guys:
http://www.outwater.com/


I had someone walk right off my riser one day. Everyone was told to use the steps. I have step lights, but she didn't go that way. She walked right off the side and might have hit the wall on the way down. She said she was fine. I haven't put in a rail yet, but I still plan on it.

You could have a custom exhaust shop bend up a railing and then spray paint it yourself. Can be done pretty inexpensively.

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This option seems interesting. I have a friend thats a manager at a muffler shop.

what kind of pipe can i use?

I saw this trick used in a magazine where the stair rail needed to be custom fitted, but the budget was pretty much depleted. I don't recall the exact diameter used, but it was just exhaust pipe that they used for custom bent exhaust systems. It was then sprayed painted black before installation. The results were impressive.

Wow, a muffler pipe is a neat idea. Probably would be cheap, too. Probably just run-of-the-mill 2" exhaust pipe would work great if you were going to paint. Of course, if you're going to attach it to the riser itself, you'd still need to have them drill and weld flanges on the ends to bolt it to the riser.


A metal fabrication shop could probably weld something up pretty inexpensively, too. You could use something like 1.5" square-tube and install a wood cap on it to dress it. Or, you could get stainless steel 1" square - or round. For the stainless look without the price, you could use mild steel, but sand, clean, and spray clear on it. Or...


I bought 1.5" cold-roll square-tube steel a few months ago, and it was only about $2/foot so a small fab shop might be able to build something fairly inexpensively.


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Just want to thank Toxarch for the outwater link. Found a whole bunch of stuff I have been looking for!


Thanks