Handrail fixing, uneven wall

[JayRS4]

Afternoon all.

Just cobbled together a handrail, its got to be fixed to a natural stone (but cemented) wall. Whilst the wall is upright, being natural stone, its got lots of nice lumpy bits. Any suggestions on how to cover up the big gaps left when fixing a flat plate to a lumpy thing, or should I just do the sensible idea ive had whilst typing, forget the plates, and have a longer return on the bracket and just resin it in?

Thanks in advance

 

[octo0072000]

chisel

hammer and chisel to chop off the big lumpy bits so plate sits flat

 

[^neo^]

Either resin in as you say, or fix the base plates best you can, and fill the gaps in with some motar

 

[Welderpaul]

I would either:

Offer the handrail up, mark the plates and scutch off a nice flat part for the brackets to sit on, or if it is bad, as suggested, drill into the stonework and resin-fix a longer return bar into the wall without the plate. I give the ends of the bar a squash in the press so they are less likely to pull out of the resin as just fixing in a plain round bar - putting a few cuts into the bar with a slitting disc will work just as well.