Cabin in the Woods 48: Installing Staircase Railings Part 2 

With Ryan's ru-vid.comUgkxy_pn55PK60wAV3X_C_RoLS_67mNonoCE plan I was like one taken by the hand and led step by step from start to finish. Thank you very much Ryan!

Hi Kyle your craftsmanship and attention to detail is second to none. I’m a longtime fan of your channel and I’ve learned a lot watching you build your post frame buildings. I’m a longtime woodworker, cabinet & furniture making are my real interests. I’ve been using plug cutters for years and have found that tapered plug cutters produce the best finished plug

Arg! You left us wanting sanding!! 😝

As an amateur on my first set of stringers cut from box store wavy pressure treated I felt bad I had to use a couple of 1/16" shims. You made me feel better with the post. 👍

Cliff hanger! I literally have the urge to go sand something now!

Kyle, Demoranch down in Texas was talking about building a 3000 -5000 sq ft Barn down in San Antonio Texas

Thanks for this video!!! I am building a railing for my steps and this helps a lot!!!

Cut a grain wise shim at about 1 degree before you cut the post to length. Then flip the post 180 and cut it again. It gives you perfect shims for leveling the post.

My house is made up of 17 8' wall segments that intersect at around 22.5 degrees. My staircase runs toward the outside wall and has a landing at around 42" above the basement. The final stairs from the landing are at around a 12 degree from 90 angle. So my railings intersect the post at that 12 degree angle. Throw in the angle for the run and rise and you have a compound angle cut. I used 2x4's as templates as there was no way I was sacrificing the rails. I cut my posts through the finished Hickory floors. I used my FEIN oscillating saw to cut the holes and I'm pretty pleased with how the whole staircase came out. The posts are a perfect fit through the floor. because I was centered over a Microlam, the tails of the posts are about 1" thick. I was concerned about how strong they would be, but by the time I put the whole assembly together, they are very sturdy.

"I ain't worried about that, are you?" I appreciate your real world attitude of good enough is good enough. My steel construction experience occurred many years ago, but I'll never forget the boss's sign of approval, "I can't see it from my house."

Kyle and Greg do such great work and I would never talk bad about it. But those handrails on the stairs and top floor not lining up are going to cause me to night sleep tonight. 😂😂😂

Another thing not sure if your going to add an additional handrail because handrails have to be continuous. Meaning the middle post forces the person walking the stairs to have to let go of the handrail to go around. Hope that makes sense

Your attention to detail makes me want to strive to better! It’s truly awesome. Also great pod cast. I laughed so hard when you said Greg looked like Justin Bieber. Greg is very lucky to get to learn from a true craftsman

Stairs can get confusing , lasers have made my stair game way better.

"lets hope its plumb...".. video cut "I can live with that".. video cut. "Lets I get lunch" haha ..its perfect, done is a beautiful thing Looks so good and I appreciate your perfectionism, Im building the same thing in the shop shortly.. thanks for the ideas

Awesome job on that. Good work on that grain match-up.

There is a plug cutter that cuts tapered plugs! Tight every time!

Your counterbore holes should have been smaller to match your plug cutter size. Just saying,.....been using this method for 40 years. You find a good plug cutter...(yours looks amazing, they are getting very hard to come by here.) And size the hole to suit the plug. They need to be tight to hide the glue line. Used on the deck of a boat often and were glued in with varnish. Love your work. G'day Greg. Cheers from Tasmania

That is looking great. Real solid too.

I literally laughed out loud when that fell down the stairs and y’all just watched it.

Great program to make a shed for what I need.

Hell's Yeah on the colab with DurtyMax Jack!!!

Excellent work as usual Kyle. I would have suggested when putting the plugs in the posts at the end to mix a paste of glue and sawdust to fill around them.

Tapered plug cutters avoid the gap and with careful matching, will pretty much disappear. Mine are from Lee Valley.

As usual superb quality workmanship and attention to detail, great job guys, this series just gets better and better 👍👍👍👍👍, it’s going to take some beating 😀😀

Great workmanship as usual. Hi from Bedford 🇬🇧

Wow, those stairs (well heck, the whole project really) turned out well! I'm really liking this project.

outstanding work

It looks great . The code for us is 4 inches between bares on anything over 30 inches high . So toddlers cant get there head through and fall .

Finding baluster spacing you could stick a square on the side of a post and plumb down for desired space. Then measure on angle to see what the actual width is on rake. Rail height can be measured by sticking a straight edge on nose of treads, mark the bottom side of level since it’s touching the nose of tread on the post, then measure from that line for rail height. A bit wordy through text…😊

I quit construction work for like 2 weeks and stopped watching and obv I fell right back into it cuz it's what I know and I'm sad I missed a bunch of your videos

Blind squirrel found the nut today boys, great work

We just ran into putting railing on a deck and staircase we built not too long ago. We build pole buildings regularly. Anyways, figured out that the posts on the staircase need to be longer than the posts on the deck. If you don’t want to cut all of your pickets down.

Love your work ethic and sense of craftsmanship. I'm currently working with subs on a Barndominium project and just getting them to call back is a hassle. If you do good work and have a good reputation people will pay nearly any amount to work with you. Good for you.

Love watching you Kyle and Greg good job like it

Really enjoyed the channel I just stumbled across it enjoy watching you build you’re a true craftsman

When I have a post that leans in a little out of level I cut my handrail either a little shorter or a little longer depending if I need it to go in or out. That way when I install it it makes the post level.

Matt Carricker from Demolita Ranch and Off the Ranch needs a barn built. Y’all should definitely collab. It’d be worth the trip for y’all

As usual, Craftsmanship!! God bless.

Keep up the good work guys

I really love how those brown workpants fit you.

Amazing work. Perfectionists.

Great video guys, thanks

Great work! Those black railings look sweet!

I prefer tapered plugs, Trend and Veritas sell tapered plug cutters. I think your holes were larger than they should be from the impact driving the screws.

@ 2:15 FYI The amount you have to shave off to level your post is directly proportional to your 4ft level. Level shows .125”gap The base is a 6”thick post. 48”divided by 6 =8 Then divide gap .125 by 8= 0.015625 You’ll never have to guess again. Nice looking stairs.

Nice building 😀 perfect👌👍

That, as always, is a very neat job. Many congrats !

Great work plugs look great also want to see them sanded

Good job!

Nice work

DO NOT GET ME WRONG, Because I really like what you're doing. What's making me. . . a . . . . little . . . confuse (per say) is that you always have the right "thing" HANDY, to fix any problem or mistake made; right on the run! You remind me at the "NY Yankee Workshop", amazing series of a Master Carpenter ON A TV SETING WORK SHOP, for him just to show up and show off!!!

Excellent job brother!!!!👌💪

Now this is more entertaining than football.

Nice job, but the spindles next to the posts are too close. Next time don’t start in the middle assuming it’ll work out. If you offset the center they should’ve come out to between 4-5 inches instead of what seems to be 1 1/2 inches

Nice job

Are you going to put a continuous handrail that is narrow on the wall ? Just wondering we have to be continuous no more than 2 3/8" wide.

Outstanding work on the stairway, rails, and balusters. Would you please provide details about the manufacturer and source for the black aluminum balusters. Is it the same company that made the railing system that you used on the front porch of Greg’s house? Also, who is the supplier of the interior wood siding and stairs. I believe you said a company from Michigan? I have very much enjoyed watching you do the interior work. The Kreg Jig and screw system is very reliable. I have enjoyed seeing you use it in projects different from where I have used it. Their HD system is very strong for any wood that is 1.5” and thicker (standard 2-by.). It makes seriously strong reliable connections. Of course I always back it up with Titebond glue. I recently finished making a tool storage shelf system for in my truck using 2”x6” tongue & groove southern yellow pine (not treated) for strength and joined the boards with Kreg HD screws and Titebond 3. The result is outstanding.

Are you taking that brace out from under the stairs when you are done? Looks out of place.

Nice work!

Where did you get your new posts? We’re having a hard time finding that size. We are in northern Michigan near Traverse City.

Very good

Love your videos good work Kyle getting ready to build a 30by48 and I’d love to talk about it

All I can say is clean install

No ......the plug slop was from you wallering the hole with your socket ding dong. Those should be a press fit , your work is barnone the best out there.... so I'll buy the glue theory if you're selling it. Hahahaha

Good afternoon from St John Parish, Louisiana 7 Feb 21.

oh that cliffhanger

What are you guys using to close off the larger then 4" gap ( per code) on the underside corners of the stair treads ? Appreciate your details to fine carpentry ! Have a great day !

Those plugs were top!

Enjoyed the show

First off, you do GREAT work, love the show!!! But does that meet the current code for the 4", I think 5" thing for the back side of the stair treads between it and the bottom rail? Might be confusing myself here, but thought that back side thing was a problem???

That’d b awesome if you could build durtymax jacks new shop!

Leave that to dry and come back and sand it. Movie ends.! So either one of two things. It looked like shit after sanding. (I don’t believe that) Or he’s giving us something to look forward to. 🤩🥰

11:37 "were gonna get high in here. Not because of drugs..." Me: yeah, you're climbing stairs. You're getting higher and higher step by step.

Also I like my bottom handrail to sit on each tread.

We have a blade designated for cutting boxes of picketts

Your killing’ me Smalls!

Отличная работа!

since the Picketts are installed on an angle, should they have been cut on a matching angle? (You never showed a close up of the detail)

Hey guys you going to address the two code issues one being the 4 inch spacing and the other being the continuous Graspable hand rail?

How did the mounting brackets for the spindles come out to be the same angle as your stairs? Are they adjustable? Do they come pre set to an angle? I’m lost lol

Good job

Kyle far be it from me to ever suggest changes to you! Your skills are way beyond mine! On that shim? I learned a trick from “Spencer Lewis” (your skills are right there with his I learned so much from you guys Thk u) Called “Stave Shims on stairs, post and I now use it on custom tables I push out for $6500 G’s! Once u use them u will love them & how perfect they R for ppl like me who have a bad case of “COSD” ; Carpenter Obsessive Disorder maxed”

Stairs looking 👌. The Stair railing wouldn't pass final by code in my area, too thick

I'm going to be the negative Nancy here. 😂 Concerning the layout of the balusters: there should be an equal space between the newel posts and each baluster. For example, if you have 4" between balusters, you should also have 4" between the last baluster and the newel posts. Overall a pretty good video 👍

Hey Kyle, I love watching you build buildings. I don’t know if it’s allowed or not but can you give us the rough cost on this current building that you’re doing now the cabin in the woods? It would be interesting to know how much something like that cost to build.

Great job👍🇫🇷

Those plugs are too loose. Something is wrong. They should be tapped in with a hammer. Everything else looks amazing guys!

Are the spindles part of a railing kit?

True craftsmen

2 days in a row!

I might have used black flathead structural lag screws (HeadLOK's) and left them exposed. Instead of plugging the holes on the upper post. Being they are black and match the black spindles they would have looked like accents.

Hang on hang on hang on what the hell happened it just stopped, we all like to see the finished product I feel like I've walked away and not finished the job. We know it's only 2 plug in a hole but we/ I would like to see the finished product 👌🇦🇺

Nice stairs

I had a question for you Kyle is there any way that you could make a video explaining your income for last year as far as RU-vid channel and sponsorships and Amazon store goes? It would be cool to have some knowledge do you know how much a RU-vid channel like yours makes in a year I know it's a touchy subject but it would be good information it would be helpful to me probably a lot of others were thinking about starting a channel thank you

Was that an attachment for the Milwaukee at 14:28?

I wanna see it sanded! LOL! 👍😁

What's the black thing hanging on the wall beneath staircase?

I will cut aluminum all the time with my miter saw it don’t hurt the blade at all

hey love the videos. How come you don't use joinery rather than just big ass screws ?