AboutBill Hutson Expertise Founder and President of Table Talk Foundation for Better Living Inc.
a non-profit organization aimed at making free home repairs for the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
I have extensive expertise pertaining to cost effective rehabilitation and repair in older homes as well as all phases of newer residential construction.
Experience Remodel and rehab contractor from 1979 to 1993 specializing in restaurant remodel and home restoration.
Jobsite troubleshooter assisting residential contractors through KA Components, Mid America Truss, and Kerkhoff Associates from 1993 until 2002. Contractors' consultant 1990 to present. Used as a construction expert in the local court system. Registered contractor with The Fedral Government, FEMA and several insurance companies. Master Carpenter at Table Talk Ministries a non-profit organization aimed at making free home repairs for those who could not ohterwise afford to have them done.
Organizations Table Talk Foundation for Better Living Inc.
www.tabletalkministries.org
Founder/President.
Publications Features have been published in
Fleet Owner's Magazine,
Trucker's News Magazine,
The Daily Clintonian Newspaper,
The Hoosier Topics Newspaper, and The Banner Graphic Newspaper several times.
We have also done features on WKJK and WREB radio stations.
WXIN 59 Indianapolis,
WTHI 10 Terre Haute
Education/Credentials Northwestern State University
Awards and Honors "Make a Difference Award" from
WTHI channel 10 in Terre Haute Indiana.
We have recently received the Fueling Good prize from Citgo where we won free gas for a year,
that will help us in our efforts to make homes warm, safe and dry for our elderly and disabled neighbors.
We were recently featured on WXIN 59 in Indianapolis on their "Paying it Forward" segment, mainly because I pay for 90% of the repairs that Table Talk makes from my own pocket.
Past/Present Clients We focus our attention to the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
We are receiving clients from 1 Federal and 5 State Agencies,
9 different public and private organizations plus multiple churches and hospitals.
We just remodeled our newly bought home, which was built in the mid-70's. It is a bi-level house with an area between the two sets of entryway stairs that requires a railing.
Previously, an old metal rail kit was installed to match the railing at the top of the stairs to the side of the entryway (see photo) and the railing installed on the wall leading downstairs (see photo).
We have since built a wall at the top of the stairs to the entryway to enclose our living room (see photo), but still need some sort of rail in between both sets of stairs. We want this to match the rail we removed on the wall leading downstairs (see photo). We thought this would be easy now that we don't have to purchase a railing for the top of the stairs...
We are creative and inspired homeowners, but know nothing about what type of railing system(s) we need. The terms baluster, newel and post really mean nothing to us and we can't find a website that explains how this system works. What if I just want a wooden handrail with a metal wall bracket and some sort of matching metal post or pole that extends from the bottom of the "ramp" in the middle of the stairway? How would I go about finding the materials, measuring and assembling something like this?
Thank you for any help you can provide!
Answer Andrea,
A newel post is the big post at the end of the rail, it has the most strength so it can hold the rail,
balusters are the smaller posts in the railing.
Here are a few links for you to check out, some are instructional and some sell the railings in kits which will also have step by step installation instructions, which I highly recommend if you have never installed these before.
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