Building A Deck Railing Youtube

Once you ve completed installing deck boards on your deck you ll want to add handrails.

Building a deck railing youtube.

Thanks to the unique fittings the rail can be installed at any angle. This deck railing takes some careful planning and precise measuring if you are building it yourself. Rails are installed so that we will have something to attach the balusters or pickets to. Determine locations of railing posts including at the corners by the house at the outside corners and at the top of the stairs according to building codes.

This is a wonderful deck railing idea that looks especially stunning if you live in an old victorian style house or have a wrap around deck. They rest on a solid foundation and are attached to the deck with hangers. When building a stair rail with the kit all you have to do is input the length of the rail needed and the powder coated color if desired. Wood decking and railings.

Once the rails are screwed to the posts attach the. Kee klamp customer mynor built this dual deck staircase railing in canoga park california using this surface mount railing kit. Cut the bracing from the same 2 x lumber you used for the joists for this deck 2 x 8 lumber. Secure the posts with carriage bolts.

However you could always just show the design and leave it to the experts. If you are building a pvc railing the posts should be no further apart than 6 ft 1 8 m. We re using our deck foundation posts for the rail posts so they have to be cut off at a uniform height above the deck. Learn the details in how to build a deck.

Install railing posts along the outside of the deck framing using deck anchors attached to the joists. How to build a wood deck video how to attach railing posts to deck framing video video transcript danny lipford. Now we ll show you how to build a deck railing. If you are building the railing from pressure treated wood a railing can span about 8 ft 2 4 m between posts but check your local building code.

Thus if one side of your deck is 16 ft 4 9 m you will only need to mount one post in the center. Install the plastic mounts that came with your railing kit and attach the bottom rail. Mark kranenburg walks you through how to construct a simple wood deck rail on a deck and down a set of stairs. This deck already has wood decking and deck railings installed.

We are using 2 x 4 boards for our top and bottom rails.