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How to Build a Handrail For Your Porch - Safer Stairs In 3 hours for $60 More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Sbastien Bachollet | permalink
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Love your porch? See how to build a handrail that's cheap but sturdy, so you can get up or down your stairs, even if they're icy, or you overstayed happy hour.

For further reading: http://homefixated.com/how-to-build-handrail/ ^[1]

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How to Build a Porch Rail More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by BRONX | permalink
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Building a perfect-fit handrail with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva
Tags: Home Improvement Products , Outdoor Areas , Patios and Decks , Room Details , Rooms, Stair Details , Porch, Railings, How-To & Repair, TOHCrew, This Old House Television, Ask This Old House TV, Install, Tom Silva, Video

For further reading: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,20800919,00.html ^[2]

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How to Build a Simple Handrail More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by krystallia | permalink
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Handrails are apart of our life. The government has made sure of that :-) This is a simple hand rail that we built for our friend Bill to meet code....

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-Simple-Handrail/ ^[3]

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How to Build Wood Deck Handrails | Today's Homeowner More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Mohd Idris | permalink
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Here Danny shows how to construct the railings and spindles from pressure treated wood.
Tags: deck,deck handrail,handrail,handrailing,porch railing,railing,carpentry,deck steps & railings,decks & patios,episode excerpts,exterior home improvement,exterior steps,home improvement,how to videos,video

For further reading: http://www.todayshomeowner.com/video/deck-handrails/ ^[4]

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Building Handrails for a Wooden Deck | Today's Homeowner More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Michael van der Brugh | permalink
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Watch this video to learn how to build deck handrails for a wooden deck the easy way, along with the proper rail height, baluster spacing, and post placement.
Tags: building codes,deck,deck handrail,hand,handrail,wood deck,carpentry,deck steps & railings,decks & patios,diy project videos,diy projects,home improvement,how to videos,video,web videos,wood decks

For further reading: http://www.todayshomeowner.com/video/building-handrails-for-a-wooden-deck/ ^[5]

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How to Install a Wood Handrail for Exterior Front Stairs More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by John Mac Dermott | permalink
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Wooden handrails for exterior stairs provide balance and support when going up and down the stairs, and set off the front stairway. Installing redwood posts and a wooden railing for concrete stairs ...

For further reading: http://homeguides.sfgate.com/install-wood-handrail-exterior-front-stairs-69194.html ^[6]

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Handrail - Blog More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Spoop Dogg | permalink
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Simplified Building provides assitance to both diy and commercial customers who want to build with Kee Klamp fittings. We also provid industrial connectors such as blind bolts and I beam connectors.
Tags: Handrail
For further reading: http://www.simplifiedbuilding.com/blog/category/handrail/ ^[7]

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Michael van der Brugh, John Mac Dermott, BRONX, krystallia, Spoop Dogg, Mohd Idris, Sbastien Bachollet

References & Citations

1. http://homefixated.com/how-to-build-handrail/

2. http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,20800919,00.html

3. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Build-a-Simple-Handrail/

4. http://www.todayshomeowner.com/video/deck-handrails/

5. http://www.todayshomeowner.com/video/building-handrails-for-a-wooden-deck/

6. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/install-wood-handrail-exterior-front-stairs-69194.html

7. http://www.simplifiedbuilding.com/blog/category/handrail/