Solution for indoor stair railing?

[jackt]

We need to fix a stair railing in our indoor staircase as our son will soon start crawling. Currently, as seen in the pictures, it's a simple metal railing and offers no protection at all. The upper part is fully covering so it works there.



Does anyone have any thoughts on solutions? The easiest is to put up bars on the existing metal frame, but it's also probably the ugliest. Just make a new lower railing, how should a possible attachment look in the center pillar? If you redo everything, how do you attach the free corner posts to the floor, without visible screws?
I'm interested in all ideas.

 

[jackt]

Found one of these, (this one from Biltema, so maybe the local hardware store has it too), it should be possible to use it to secure a post with?
Then I will probably try to make a completely new railing.

 

[Enk Projektet]

Build it again with some boards that you paint.....

 

[Larsa]

Unscrew the whole railing and take it to a metal workshop/smith. Have him weld a pipe at the bottom and something in between. Maybe a zigzag pattern with thinner round bar.

 

[Enk Projektet]

Unscrew the entire railing and take it to a metal workshop/smith. Let him weld a pipe at the bottom and something in between. Maybe a zigzag pattern with thinner round bars.

Well... you shouldn't have anything horizontal that can be climbed on... better with vertical pipes instead.....

 

[jackt]

Thanks for the answers. I hadn't even thought about modifying the metal railing. I was completely set on a wooden railing..

 

[jackt]

Just thought I'd show how it looks 15 months later..
The railing went up this spring, but now it's also painted. The handrail is adapted for my son, so it's lower/smaller than usual..
The next step is to sand the stairs..

 

[DIY_freak]

Have you checked to ensure that there is no more than 10cm between the posts? I don't quite understand why the posts are on either side of the old metal railing. It makes the openings larger and the railing climbable. I would have preferred a solution where the posts were on the right side (in the picture) of the metal railing or alternatively on both sides all the way opposite each other (not alternating).

 

[jackt]

It is 10cm diagonally between the two planks.

We wanted to make it as light and bright as possible, hence the diagonal arrangement. We considered several options.

Looks better in reality than in the picture..

 

[DIY_freak]

It's 10cm diagonally between the two planks..
We wanted to make it as light and bright as possible, hence the diagonal setup. We considered several options.

If it's 10cm diagonally between the planks, then everything is fine! It was just because it looked so airy that I was a bit concerned.