# How to fix loose railings? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 23, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-loose-railings/474110 "2008-11-23T16:51:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-loose-railings/474110/1 "2008-11-23T16:51:03Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-loose-railings/474110/2 "2008-11-23T17:06:17Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-loose-railings/474110/3 "2008-11-24T16:19:06Z")
> [@Uncommon\_Sense](#): > > 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