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Fitting Instructions
New Newel Bases
Important;
Before removing any existing Newel Bases, please check to ensure they
are non-structural.
If fitting new newel bases, they must be installed centrally to the stair
string.
Prior to fitting to the string, please follow the following instructions to
cut down the newel bases to the correct height, ensuring you cut any
excess from the bottom of the newel base.
Bottom Newel Base
Place your baserail onto your string and loosely attach it to your string using double sided
tape, offer up your newel posts and draw a line along the top of your baserail onto your
newel post. fig. 5)
Using the top edge line of the baserail that you have just marked on the newel base,
now draw a vertical line up through the centre point of the newel base, making sure to
intersect the baserail line.
Now measure up 175mm from the intersecting point and mark a horizontal line (fig. 6).
Then finally measure the remaining distance to the top of the newel and remove this from
the bottom of the newel base.
Top Newel Base
The top newel base should be marked out and cut in the same way as the bottom newel
base, however the 175mm dimension should be replaced with 125mm (fig. 7)
Landing Newel Base
The Landing newel base should be marked out by using the top newel base. Measure
from the floor of the landing to the highest point of the top newel base, this measurement
is the height that your newel base will need to protrude above the floor.
For existing bases only,
find the centre of the newel base
top by drawing diagonal lines from corner to corner and using the
intersecting point, from the top and centre of the newel base, drill a
hole 50mm diameter x 100mm deep (using our 50mm forstner drill
bit or a 50mm drill bit) to take the newel spigot (fig. 4).
