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Not to be a spoil sport but if this is a railing around a deck OR any other for that mater.... you should check with a local contractor in your area.. There are codes for spacing spindels as to many kids have hung themselves from them. Around here if I remember right a baseball should not fit. But I haven't put up a deck in 10 years, but good thing to check an inspector can ruin your day if you have to redo it when half done.

Originally Posted by cffisher

Not to be a spoil sport but if this is a railing around a deck OR any other for that mater.... you should check with a local contractor in your area.. There are codes for spacing spindels as to many kids have hung themselves from them. Around here if I remember right a baseball should not fit. But I haven't put up a deck in 10 years, but good thing to check an inspector can ruin your day if you have to redo it when half done.

That's true. Your local building dept should have the specs - though you might find that you should have gotten a building permit first (if you don't have one).
Our balusters (New York State Code) are supposed to be 4" max edge to edge apart. I'm at 5", but height from the ground is within the distance of not even being required (30")

Weekend projects! No inspectors! Total cost under 500.00 bucks no permit required, on repairs, Key things to remember!

Originally Posted by stovens

Weekend projects! No inspectors! Total cost under 500.00 bucks no permit required, on repairs, Key things to remember!

Worked for me - that is until my wife went to work part time in our town's building dept

My criteria now, if it's behind closed doors .......... it didn't happen

i weld in a factory and we do alot of work on galvanized metal. if you do get sick from the fumes off the galvanized metal drink a crap load of milk and it will cure it pretty quick. just a tip

It dosen't cost anything to ask. Compliance it up to you.. BUT if I did somthing that caused a kid to get hurt I don't think I could live with that.

Originally Posted by cffisher

Not to be a spoil sport but if this is a railing around a deck OR any other for that mater.... you should check with a local contractor in your area.. There are codes for spacing spindels as to many kids have hung themselves from them. Around here if I remember right a baseball should not fit. But I haven't put up a deck in 10 years, but good thing to check an inspector can ruin your day if you have to redo it when half done.

Charlie, that's excellent advice, and I'm aware of the local codes for decks. Here the maximum spacing for spindles is 4", with railings not less than 36". I am replicating the spacing of the rail system that was on the deck originally, just using metal vs wood to minimize future maintenance. We are outside of the municipalities, out in the county, so any of the local city nuances are not applicable, but I'm in compliance anyway.

Thought I'd post up a few pictures of the finished railings. I let the stair rails intimidate me for a while, but I finally got my head around the relationship of posts and angled rail sections and I think they worked out OK. Each rail section is made up of four horizontal pieces of 1.5"x0.5" C channel, center spindles of 3/4" rigid conduit, and three small sections of the same conduit used to tie the bottom & top together. Posts are 4x4x1/8" metal posts, with rail sections hooked on with 1/4x20 bolts. Rail sections are capped with a TREX composite 2x4, and the new decking is also TREX.

nice rail job

I think they worked out OK.

Are you kidding? I think it worked out great, the deck and railing looks awesome!!!

Mike

Good grief Roger, that rail will be standing after the house turns to dust!! Nice job

Excelent Roger. Looks like a pro did it! Way to dive in, and make something you can be proud of for the rest of your life!

Thanks for the kudo's guys. I'm really pleased with the way the deck rebuild came out - took me several designs to find a way to use my old spindles with a look that I liked. And yes Dave, they are indeed stout!! I think that a seven foot section weighed in at almost 80 pounds, and the longest section is a bit over nine feet long....

Now that you been practicing with that, are you interested in bidding on a facility so we can close Guantanimo???

Really looks nice Rog, fantastic work!!!!