VIVOSUN Outdoor Handrail, 5 Step Stair Handrai, 69" x 36" Fits 1 to 5 Steps, Wrought Mattle Iron Handrail for Concrete Steps, Porch Steps, One-Step Assembly, Black

I bought two of these units to install on the stairs in my garage to the upstairs loft. It has a 90 degree turn, so these two made it just about perfect. They assemble very easily with the tools supplied with it. You will need either a hammer drill to install on concrete. I installed mine on 2" thick wooden stairs and they are solid. Four screws per post and look good. The anchor screws for wood and the concrete anchors are included. A good product and value.

UPDATE IN MAY - BOUGHT 2 MORE VIVOSUN 5' RAILINGS AND INSTALLED THEM IN LESS THAN AN HOUR (82-year old female with tools provided and my own electric drill). FIRST 3 REVIEWED BELOW WERE IN APRIL 2025. ALL LEGS SCREWED INTO WOOD DECKING, NOT CONCRETE. WITH 4 SCREWS IN WOOD IN EACH LEG, THEY ARE VERY STURDY. THERE IS A SLIGHT SIDEWAYS WOBBLE, BUT NOT ANYTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. RECOMMEND VIVOSUN RAILINGS. --- April 2025- Bought 3 of these Vivosun rails in different lengths to surround my husband's outside ramps. They are sturdy, and easy to assemble (although I forgot to put the caps over the "feet" before I screwed the first one down). They came via USPS (not UPS), so had to make a special trip into town to the post office to get them. There were some scratches on a couple of the rails, but nothing major that I can't touch up with black matte paint. I do have 2 things to mention and hope the person who monitors the Amazon description notes: (1) there is no mention of the size of the top hand rail (i.e., 1"x2") because I wanted to screw one end to the outside wall for more side strength, but couldn't order the wall attachment hardware until I knew what the size of the rails were; and (2) there is no mention of the "overhang" of the top rail when it is attached to the legs. This also would have helped in deciding where to screw in the legs to the deck because I am using 2 sections on one side of the ramp for stability. I bought a 4-step section, and a 2-step section, so there are a total of 4 legs screwed down to the wooden deck on one side of the ramp. The 3rd rails (a 3-step section) will go on the other side of the ramp (shorter because of a screen door opening). I didn't think one long section would be as sturdy as 2 shorter sections with more legs screwed down. Possibly, if I had concrete, it would be been better, but my application only has a wooden deck. All hardware included for wood or concrete, as well as Allen wrenches. No drill bits, though, for screwing the legs down.

I liked that it was easy to assemble but not so easy to install in concrete. The concrete lag bolts were very cheap. No drill bit size was given to drill into concrete. I had to go online to find that out. Even with the correct hole size the lag bolts had to be hammered into the drilled hole and it would bend or dis form the threaded bolt. There was no mention of how deep to drill the holes and very difficult to remove from hole once installed if not deep enough. I would still buy one again but would go to a hardware store and purchase a 3/8” redhead lag bolt and also the lag bolt install tool so as not to deform threaded portion of the lag bolt. When you buy a redhead lag bolt the drill bit size for the hole and its depth is shown on packaging.Also the rail is a painted rail and not powder coated. It scratches very easily. Ours tipped over on to concrete while installing and got severely scratched. We used a black touch up paint marker to cover up the scratches. It looked nice and felt sturdy once installed.

We had a difficult situation when searching for hand rails for the very low 2 steps.Amazonn had them ! They are very nice,sturdy,wrought iron, very affordable too..and they make my porch steps safe for us as well asvisitors...Get them , Easy as drilling holes for the screws. Put slats in place and screw them in..Screws are included...DONE !

Good product

I installed this railing just last week. It looks nice and is definitely sturdy, but two issues I have with it. One, there were supposed to be 10, 35 mm screws, but I only received 9. There were extra of most of the other screws and nuts. And two, and most significant, is the instruction to drill holes in the concrete, for the supplied anchors, 4 inches deep. Drilling this deep resulted in the screw part of the anchor to drop down into the hole requiring a lot of different attempts to hold the screw up while placing the base of the railing (with the corresponding hole) over it. The hole being too deep, also resulted in the screw turning when trying to tighten the nut onto it. I was eventually able to get the nut to tighten. However, three of the anchors I had to pull out and replace with other concrete anchors I purchased from the hardware store. The hole (for the concrete anchors) should be drilled approximately 2.5 inches (slightly longer than the length of the sleeve of the anchor). We'll se how the railing holds out over time. Overall, for the money, I think its a nice railing.

Easy to put together, sturdy, looks great

The item is strong of good quality and fairly easy to assemble and install however the hardware is not labeled and slightly difficult to use. Improve the hardware and it would be better.