A newel post is always a fixed length usually 750mm 850mm long excluding the peg.
Best height off floor for knewl post.
The vertical post supporting a handrail at the foot of a staircase is referred to as a newel these posts can also be used as intermediate support on a stair landing and at the top of the staircase.
Before doing newel post placement determine how the newel post will attach to a handrail according to code for standard handrail height.
Calculating the newel post height is the first step in newel post installation.
The handrail height determines what height your newel post will be.
The newel base makes up the remainder of the height of the newel post.
Jul 22 2018 how to calculate newel post and handrail height for installation.
Box newels though are typically five to five and a half feet tall.
A third scenario is installing newel posts with winder treads but this is a little more complicated so i will address this in a future post.
Most newels are three to three and a half feet in height.
Mounting the post through the floor is by far the strongest most durable and probably the best method but the difficulty is such that it is rarely if ever required.
Finally my personally recommended method of newel post installation unless you mount the post into the floor.
So my personal favorite is the hanger bolt.