How To Make Lower Section of Deck Stair Guardrail Stronger - Home Building Tips 

I would go to our website and check out the deck and outdoor stair sections.

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It really depends upon the width of the post and the with lumber you are connecting to. I think in a situation where you have a 4 x 4 post, it might be better to put the bolts in the center or just use one bolt. For example if you moved it over a half-inch to the right, then you might only have about three quarters of an inch between the outside of the post and the inside of the hole you drilled and this might not work good. Let me know this doesn't make sense.

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Most of the time the posts are attached with some type of building hardware, lag bolts or regular bolts with washers, but there are other ways and notching them might be one of them.

Minimum guard railing height is usually going to be 42 inches and the gribable handrailing that you would hold onto while using the stairway is usually between 34 and 38 inches.

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I think they are saying that your example should have spread the bolts out further on the stringer when you moved the post back and had the opportunity to use a larger bolt spacing. The closer your fasteners are to each other the less useful they are against leverage.

Yes, just make stairs a little wider to make sure the guardrail does not make stairway width to small for local building codes.