hidden board attachment help

[Dave Wagner]

In continuing my porch discussion, I am at the point of laying out the new railings to duplicate the original ones on the house. I have the top railing figured out so all the attachment points are pretty much hidden underneath.

The bottom rail in the picture below is what I am working on. I was wonder if drilling the screw holes from the side (Pocket type) and covering with a piece of molding as shown, would be the best attachment method? It is very close to the original design.

I would screw up thru for the spindle attachment, then mount the bottom rail to the bottom plate as shown.

Any other ideas would be helpful... :)

Thanks.

[Dave Wagner]

In my ongoing saga of the PORCH remodel...

This attachment worked great for my railings. Here's the end product. :)

Thanks for looking. Now 6 more to go!