Verandah post and safety rail

[Alan G]

I have a front verandah without any railing and hand rail for the steps. There is a single 2 inch gal support pipe about eight feet on one corner. I want to instal fence and railing to steps.

In the process I would like to decorativley box in the pipe and incorporate it as a corner of the fence. What are my otpions as to how to fix the timber around the gal post?

The whole structure is to be painted. What wood should I use?

[Mickthemogg]

Alan, what is under and over the pipe? What does it connect to?

I'm assuming under would be the junction of a floor joist and bearer and over would be a verandah rafter.

It may well be easier to hire two acrow props to support the roof load and remove the pipe and substitute it with a 100 X100 hardwood post, fixed to aforesaid joist/bearer and rafter.

If you box the pipe you may have trouble securely fixing the the bottom and hand rails to it.

Tell us more.

Cheers

Mick

[Alan G]

Thanks Mick for the response.

The floor of the verandah is a concrete slab. The roof is a fibro type material no doubt nailed to a timber frame. Sorry fir the ommission.

Alan G