My custom staircase railing started pulling away from the wall last night

Came home from a showing around 9pm and noticed the top bracket on my oak railing was about an inch out from the drywall. I built that staircase myself 8 months ago. Used Tapcon screws into the studs but I guess the wood settled or something. Got my level out and saw the whole rail had shifted down maybe a quarter inch on one side. No cracks in the drywall yet thank god. I pulled the bracket off, filled the old holes with wood glue and dowels, then re-drilled into the same studs with longer screws. Feels solid now but I'm going to check every bracket on all three flights of stairs tomorrow. Has anyone else had a railing pull loose like this after a few months?

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finleyh891mo ago

Four months after I installed mine the bottom bracket pulled loose just like that, same fix worked fine.

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bettyfox1mo ago

Bet that was a scary moment lol

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