The first thing that Merlin and I tackled in the house was the railing at the top of the stairs. There was an industrial style pipe railing bolted to the floor at the top of the stairs. This was rather unsafe considering Brielle is walking and running around now. We wanted to have a gate at the top to keep her safe. Of course one of the first things Jonah had to try out was crawling through the pipes to go down the stairs. This was exactly what we wanted to keep from happening.
Merlin came up with an idea that would be less expensive than removing and replacing the existing railing. We built around the pipe railing using it as the bones for a wall. It turned out great. We put in 2x4 framing put 1x6’s on the front and top and enclosed the central part in drywall. The project took a good share of the day but turned out great.
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