Building Oak stair banisters for the loft

We decided to build a banister railing set for the loft stairs ourselves, as it was too expensive to buy a kit or get a bespoke one built.

Oak is cheap out here, we managed to get all the oak for the posts and railings from a local timber yard for about 25 euros.

Sanding the oak before fitting with a belt sander:

First we had to counter sink the posts so we can fit the bolts and washers which will be anchored into the joists.

The four main posts fitted:

I had to carve notches in the posts to bolt the side rails into: The finished banister set. Not bad for about 35 euros of timber and bolts.