Am I the only one who saw this crazy stair detail at the old courthouse in Salem?

I was checking out the restoration work on the main staircase there last month and noticed they used a hidden steel plate inside the newel post for extra support, but you'd never know from the outside. The lead guy said they've been doing it that way for 50 years on heavy-traffic public builds. Why don't we use that trick more in regular home jobs?

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robin6282mo ago

Wow, that's a solid pro tip right there.

blair_taylor322mo agoMost Upvoted

Isn't that just common sense?

jason_lewis32mo ago

Used to think it was obvious too. Then I tried it and it actually works.

angela5871mo ago

People get so stuck on the obvious stuff. Like how everyone knows to drink water but nobody actually does it until they're dehydrated. Or how people say "get more sleep" but then stay up scrolling at midnight. It's like our brains need to hit a wall first before we listen. Funny how that works. The stuff that seems simple is usually the stuff we avoid the most.