New heavy-duty brackets were attached to the existing handrail and mounted to studs in the wall.
Brackets for stair handrails are supposed to be placed at least every 4 ft. This handrail had a gap of 7.5 ft without a bracket. All three brackets snapped in half.
All three brackets holding the stair handrail broke in half
The remounted stair handrail
Task
Attaching new heavy-duty brackets to a stair handrail that had fallen off the wall when the builder-grade brackets snapped in half.