Anyone Know How To Fix A Porch Railing?

[homealone]

The railing around the porch here is in need of some repairs. Thankfully there are no children here at the house or else it would be a horror story I think.

If anyone knows how a solid railing can be fixed please share the instructions with me. I say solid because it isn't a normal railing, but it is weak and I do fear that someone is going to visit here and lean on it and end up doing a head plant in the yard!!!

Also the concrete steps have sunk down and now the top step is hard to hit. This is also a huge problem because it makes going down the steps hard. If you have any ideas how this can be fixed please again share with me how it can be fixed.

The last thing we need around here are lawsuits or something even worse!!! If you have a video or know where there is one regarding this stuff please share it, it would make things easier most likely! Thanks big time!!

[missmanors]

I found several different how-tos on fixing handrails on porches. I did not find anything that would tell you how to fix a solid one however. The only advice I found about solid handrails is that you should not install this type. It seems that those are nothing but trouble.

I would suggest that you may want to consider replacing it with another type.

You can get a lot of information on this at your local home improvement store. They should have instruction manuals on doing the job yourself, as we know it's really expensive to hire a contractor for these types of jobs.

I'm sorry I haven't been a lot of help to you, but sometimes replacing is better than trying to repair.