New newels at 155 S. Channing
The porch rail newels and balustrade were rebuilt many years ago. The parts that were not treated lumber rotted away. The owner asked me to rebuild the newel posts exactly as they were. I started making the parts and realized it would be too hard to tell anyone how to install them so I decided to make the newels myself. I don’t usually install. Here is a picture of a rotten newel:
Below is the old post cap which I reused. I turned a new final.
The steps were an unpainted treated lumber. I hate the look of it as seen below.
The owner did not want to change but I talked him into it. I had recently done a stair across the street that were unpainted treated lumber. I planed down the treads added a cove under each tread and had the risers painted white. I convinced the owner to do the same. Here are the steps I did across the street:
I feel strongly about the risers being painted a trim c0olor, not the color of the steps. Below is what it used to look like on the house next door.
I convinced the owner to paint risers white.
Below is the finished steps with my new newels. I planed the old 2 X treads down to 1 1/4 like the old timers used to do. I added a cove under each step just like they always used to. It gives it a classic look.
Six of the fancy post bottoms were rotten. I turned new ones in treated lumber as seen below. The one on the right is an original.
