Fallen Apple Farm

Bought the pieces to replace the landing banister. Wouldn’t have taken the old one down in the first place so soon but we needed it down to put up the walls on the landing.

I can’t guess how much research I’ve done on how to put up these things, especially the newel posts. I’d decided on doing it with a really long bolt thing that you secure from the side of the post but I just couldn’t find any! A guy at an actual staircase building company didn’t even know of its existence even though most YouTube videos on the subject include it. So he sold me a really thick dowel rod and instructed me to drill a hole into the post and the floor and have the dowel inside both. My only worry is drilling the holes straight otherwise we’ll have wonky newel posts ?

Will get onto it after the kitchen is installed, I’ve been really pressed to get the walls ready for the fitting next week. They won’t be because the electrician still hasn’t put the sockets in so there are still holes in the walls. So all I can do tomorrow is plaster the lower half of the kitchen so the cupboards can go in. Not ideal ? especially because I’ve never plastered before and will probably make a mess of it. Just hoping the amount of research I’ve done will pay off.

So I’ll be replacing the two banister sections here and fixing them to Owen’s wall. It’s certainly the most challenging DIY project I’ve done. Or maybe the plastering tomorrow ???

Plumber pulled the stove out! I couldn’t even lift a corner of it, I don’t know how he managed to get it outside! I’ll pull this wall down to get at the pipes. It’s a false wall made of plasterboard so I imagine it’s hiding the pipes going up to the water tank upstairs. We’ll have to put up with it being nasty until the heat pump is in and I can do it up better. Also need to chisel up that concrete slab.. not looking forward to that..