The end of the baluster is rounded into a dowel.
How to install baluster through floor.
Carpeting a staircase also may be.
This makes iron baluster installation clean easy and most importantly secure.
Cutting carpet for a baluster install.
Use your best judgement as you should know the material you are installing into step 5 cutting iron balusters to size.
This is the only type of installation we recommend for installing wrought iron balusters wood handrails.
Interior balusters are the spindles that support the handrail.
Using square balusters punch out a square hole for best results.
Drill 1 4 inch to 1 2 inch into the tread floor.
Measure from the floor to the bottom of the handrail.
Measure and cut your balusters 3 4 longer than the distance from the bottom of the handrail to the top of the base tread floor.
The goal is to have enough room up top to slide the baluster in and then drop it down into the bottom hole.
You can just eyeball it but you want the baluster to be long enough not to fall out of the railing and not too long that you can t stick it up into the top railing and set it down on the floor.
Occasionally during a remodel or even in new construction stair treads are carpeted before the stair rail is installed.
Mark the length with a pencil or some such device.
The bottom rail has.
The size of this hole is dependent upon the size of the wrought iron baluster dowel.
Then cut the baluster with a reciprocating saw or a jig saw that has a metal cutting blade.