posts on stairs

[Paulapearce]

When I moved into my house the staircase was blocked in with hardboard.After taking this off there are no bannisters but two lenghts of wood which seem to go from inside the cupboard under the stairs up through the ceiling of the landing are these anything to do with the structure of the house they are about 4inches thick

[smudge]

Sounds like it to me.

[bowiefan]

sounds like the newell post