How To Install an Iron Railing on Concrete Steps | Ask This Old House

In this video, This Old House mason Mark McCullough helps a homeowner add a wrought-iron railing to his steps to make them safer for children and older adults.

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Mark McCullough makes a homeowner’s concrete steps safer for their young kids by installing an iron railng.

Just because a set of steps is within code and doesn’t require a handrail doesn’t mean it can’t benefit from one. When this was the case for a homeowner’s backdoor, he decided to call the team at Ask This Old House for help. Mason Mark McCullough helps install a wrought iron railing to make the steps safer and add some classic, durable style.

Difficulty: ⅗
Time: 1 day (after ordering the railing)
Cost: Under $1,000

Where to find it?
To install the railing [https://homedepot.sjv.io/OrWN0z], Mark uses a coring drill [https://homedepot.sjv.io/21JPNz] to drill 2 holes in the top and bottom concrete steps.

Once the railing is dropped in, Mark and the homeowner pour the anchoring cement [https://homedepot.sjv.io/LXWvBL] into each hole. They then clean up any excess cement with a damp sponge [https://homedepot.sjv.io/9gQ655]. Mark double checks that the railing is level [https://homedepot.sjv.io/LXoq5O] before it cures.

Special assistance provided by Forte Iron Work Specialist Inc. [https://www.forteironwork.com/]

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Material:
Lumber crayon [https://homedepot.sjv.io/oqB2Dn]
Wrought iron railing [https://homedepot.sjv.io/OrWN0z]
Wood scraps
Hydraulic cement [https://homedepot.sjv.io/LXWvBL]
Small pail [https://homedepot.sjv.io/ZQRkGq]
Bucket lid [https://homedepot.sjv.io/0Z1r6M]

Tools:
You may choose to rent the coring drill [https://homedepot.sjv.io/LXWv5O] if the job is for one railing.

Tape measure [https://homedepot.sjv.io/rQEBXy]
Level [https://homedepot.sjv.io/LXoq5O]
Garden hose [https://homedepot.sjv.io/DKJENj]
Small masonry trowels [https://homedepot.sjv.io/jrBEd5]
Sponge [https://homedepot.sjv.io/9gQ655]

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