I was thinking of repainting the railing on the terrace above our veranda. It ended up with me taking everything down and planning to build a new one as it was breakthrough in many places. My plan was to leave the two posts standing and just redo everything else, but one of the posts came loose. I thought the post was attached to the construction, but it was glued or something similar above the roofing felt.
Is that normally how it’s done? The construction felt relatively stable before, and it's good not to have to make holes in the roofing felt from a moisture standpoint.
How do you now think I should replace the two posts? It is possible to buy post shoes that can be screwed in. Should I buy that and try to seal the screw holes, or create a construction similar to the one that was there before where the posts are glued/tarred in place?
Picture of the remaining post and the place where the one that came loose was seated.
Is that normally how it’s done? The construction felt relatively stable before, and it's good not to have to make holes in the roofing felt from a moisture standpoint.
How do you now think I should replace the two posts? It is possible to buy post shoes that can be screwed in. Should I buy that and try to seal the screw holes, or create a construction similar to the one that was there before where the posts are glued/tarred in place?
Picture of the remaining post and the place where the one that came loose was seated.
It is not entirely uncommon for steel balcony railings to be attached only to the building facade and then rest freely on top of the balcony's waterproofing layer. If you want to do something similar in wood, a completely different level of safety is required.
Ok. Well, it will actually be stable since the railing also attaches to the outer wall, so it can't move away from the house. Possibly sideways then. But I still think it's a bit questionable to just glue it maybe.