wooden footrail assembly 26 a wooden post assembly 28 and wooden baluster assemblies 30 these assemblies are secured together by adhesive or other suitable means as shown in fig2 and 3 the wooden handrail assembly 24 comprises a wooden handrail member 32 mounted on the metal handrail member 16 if desired the wooden handrail member 32 may be grooved this would be preferable where the metal handrail member 16 has a square cross section when the metal handrail member 16 is relatively flat a grooved wooden handrail member 32 may still be used but it may be necessary to employ a shim 32a to adjust the height of the wooden handrail member 32 as in fig2 if a non grooved wooden handrail member 32 is employed it will be necessary to use wooden strip members 32b to mask the metal handrail member 16 as in fig3 to fully mask the metal handrail member 16 between successive balusters a wooden strip or fillet block 34 is used as shown in fig6 the wooden footrail assembly member 26 comprises a wooden footrail member 36 which is grooved to accommodate the metal footrail member 18 a shim 36a allows for adjustment of the height of the wooden footrail.