Need an unusual size newel post

[rajdsingh]

Hi all. I have a newel post that's quite low and want to make it taller and then attach a handrail. I'll use zipbolt to extend the newel post.

The current newel post, which is painted, measures 85x93mm. I can't find anything like that size anywhere. I suspect that I'll need to account ~1mm for paint thickness but even then, it seems like an unusual size.

Where can I source a newel post that size?

Ignore the paper wrapping, it's got a topper that's sharp around the edges and I've temporarily covered it with some cushion to stop my toddler cracking her head on it.

 

[Truckcab79]

Buy nearest you can find and plane it to match. You’ll need to finish it in situ once attached anyway if you want a seamless joint. You’re not going to find something that just bolts on and is mm perfect.

 

[Jord86]

Hi all. I have a newel post that's quite low and want to make it taller and then attach a handrail. I'll use zipbolt to extend the newel post.

The current newel post, which is painted, measures 85x93mm. I can't find anything like that size anywhere. I suspect that I'll need to account ~1mm for paint thickness but even then, it seems like an unusual size.

Where can I source a newel post that size?

Ignore the paper wrapping, it's got a topper that's sharp around the edges and I've temporarily covered it with some cushion to stop my toddler cracking her head on it.

Buy a 95x95mm square newel post, take it into a local joinery shop and for a few quid they’ll run it through their planer/thicknesser to suit your dimensions.

Use either a 25mm beech dowel or a 38mm spigot fixing to connect the new to old, zip bolts are a shat fixing and aren’t designed for what you want to use it for.