Crack on stair banister wall
tgross39
6 years ago
Hi there, I love Houzz as it is such a helpful site :-). I bought my house 2 years ago and a crack has formed and got bigger over the last few months between a wall and my stair banister. I suspect it was there before but decorating covered it up. I don't want to just fill it and redecorate as I think it will keep coming back. Any suggestions to stop this and prevent it happening again. House was built late 1950's. Added some pics. Thanks so much in advance.
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Jonathan
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Daisy England
6 years agoHarpal Gupta
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoWhat did you do here i have the same issue
looks like there is some movement should about securing the wooden rail with a bracket of some sort
thanks in advance
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