Spiral staircase repair

[Jan Philips]

I'll call the contractor that installed it (3 years ago) and see what he says. He may recommend a welder or whatever. he also would know the company it came from.

[Jan Philips]

Thanks.

[Steve B]

If you have someone that treats you that good on just short shop jobs, I'm sure that he'd treat you good on a mobile job. Five minutes worth of welding can add up to a few hours from the time they leave the shop, drive through traffic to your house, drag out all the cables, weld it, roll up, and get back to the shop. Not all of the time is spent welding, but it is all spent on YOUR job.

Steve (retired steel erection contractor)

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[DerbyDad03]

re: "Someone leans quite heavily on the handrail..."

And you know that how?

re: I wouldn't see any need for calling in a "spiral staircase" expert...

So who would you call? And if the OP has to call -someone- why *not* a "spiral staircase" expert?

I've got friends who weld for a living, but I'm not sure I'd just call them and say "tack this back together for me". I think I'd want to know why it cracked in the first place. Could be any installation issue, could be a settling in the building, etc. I'd want to know the root cause of the crack - even if it was just someone leaning heavily on the handrail, which I assume the OP would be aware of.

[Evan]

Because "settling" or other major structural issues wouldn't make themselves known by cracking one railing support...

You would see the stairs separating from the building or the whole staircase would be "wobbly" if there was a support issue present...

This is ONE handrail fixture support which more likely than not was broken by someone abusing the handrail by putting too much force on it...

That is why *I* don't feel calling in engineering experts or anyone else beyond a competent welder is necessary in this situation...

~~ Evan