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Old 11-23-2008, 10:51 AM
MannyL MannyL is offline
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How to fix loose railings?

The house I'm living at has cement or concrete stairs out front with metal railings. The railings are loose where they go into the stairs and the bolts holding them to the house also look loose.

How can someone who is not very handy repair this themselves?
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Old 11-23-2008, 11:06 AM
Uncommon Sense Uncommon Sense is offline
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Can you post photos?

Otherwise you'll likely need to use epoxy to cement the railings in place or remove them entirely and clean out the anchor holes and use some larger diameter anchors, or longer ones. Hard to say without seeing the problems.
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Old 11-24-2008, 10:19 AM
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Can you post photos?

Otherwise you'll likely need to use epoxy to cement the railings in place or remove them entirely and clean out the anchor holes and use some larger diameter anchors, or longer ones. Hard to say without seeing the problems.
Yes I can will have to waut until the weekend
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