Mount Balusters Without Drilling Into Wood Floors

Insert the included installation screw into the connector and using a drill attach the connector centered on the marked locations.

Mount balusters without drilling into wood floors. The end of the baluster is rounded into a dowel. Remember to begin drilling vertically into the railing but once the screw connects with the wood adjust your drill to finish at the correct angle. This requires drilling a round hole and using a shoe to hide the left over gaps. Drill 1 4 inch to 1 2 inch into the tread floor.

Not so tight that it has to be beaten down on top of it but not loose either. This kit works great for banisters but as far as i know there is nothing that will allow you to avoid drilling into a wall other than attaching a piece of wood to it but then you would have to drill the wood somehow or using a pressure mount gate. Slide the baluster into the top handrail first and then drop it down into the hole in the floor tread. Wood balusters may be attached to the handrail and floor in a number of ways.

If you are installing the metal balusters in the same location as the old wood balusters you need to check the size and depth of the existing holes. We purposely drilled out a deeper hole in top to give us this extra room. The following visual guide showcases 6 different methods of installing square balusters with and without shoes. The hole must also be deep enough to allow the baluster to slide up into it high enough to clear the tread cap or landing shoe before it is straightened out and dropped into the 5 8 hole.

First slide your baluster shoe onto the baluster. Basically you want the size of the hole to allow the iron baluster to fit into it snugly. Typically if your baluster extends into the upper hole 1 and the lower hole the depth of the upper hole is 1 2 deep. Hi so we did have to drill into the drywall.

Be careful not to over tighten your connector. 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. So drill a test hole and check the size. Metal balusters that are 1 2 inch square will require that you drill at least a 3 4 hole in the floor and handrail surface.

This makes iron baluster installation clean easy and most importantly secure. Round hole with base shoe by far the fastest and easiest method. Use your best judgement as you should know the material you are installing into step 5 cutting iron balusters to size. Make sure everything lines up and the pattern is correct before adding glue.

Step 7 epoxy base shoes. If the bottom portion of the wood baluster does not want to come up try rotating it counter.