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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robin6281mo ago

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

blair_taylor321mo ago

Isn't that just common sense?

jason_lewis31mo ago

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