Best decking railings according to redditors
We found 11 Reddit comments discussing the best decking railings. We ranked the 10 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 11 Reddit comments discussing the best decking railings. We ranked the 10 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Aircraft-Bicycle-Cutter/dp/B078HTTPL2
just look for wire rope cutters, electrical supply houses usually have them.
Id buy stuff from you. Ive been watching Niki from untie the lines and she measured her own and had someone swage them. she measured wrong and had to cut them down (ouch). My rig comes down tomorrow and I am going to inspect it. Ive learned a few things from Youtube LOL.
In fact. I need some lifelines. I had a swage fall off one and I got it lashed right now with some paracord. The boat comes out 8am tommorrow and wont go back in until april it is on my project list.
I was going to buy this
https://www.amazon.com/Threaded-Package-Stainless-Marine-Packages/dp/B00IX42OAO/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_img_6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=7DV1WPHY4SN6FRCXEA8B
and smash it on with this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PCHK4JS/ref=pd_sim_60_6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q25GD64S095G2F2T2Z08
Im not convinced my lifelines are that important.. AND I think they are below my knees so chances are I am going to go over it anyhow.. ANd break them in the process. I have all kinds of handholds when I go to the foredeck.
anyhow.. love to get your thoughts. because I know you wont BS me. (We have spoken a few times here)
Long story short (sorry, not really), if $2/baluster is within your budget, then black-coated round ALUMINUM 26-inchers are there for the taking. I'm estimating that you'll need 170 for your fifty feet, give or take. Steel versions may also be available for less money - or more money, depending - but those are typically not ideally suited for exterior use...
https://www.amazon.com/Deckorators-Aluminum-26-Balusters-DB52613/dp/B01BUAXYP6
Home Depot, Lowe's & Menard's should have similar buys. Take a close look at the reviewer images and you'll see that some utilized decorative mounts and some didn't. They're NOT required...
Now, with a Tee at the top, the vertical member does the lion's share of the work. If someone sits on the section, it's literally the joist that carries the load. With the handrail that runs flat across the top length of that "joist,", the railing becomes more dimensionally stable, with the horizontal and vertical members keeping each other in check. And everything below is basically there for aesthetics...
Essentially, the "joist" of the Tee is bored to accept a baluster at 1-inch depth, the bottom post-to-post runner is bored to accept a baluster at 1/2in depth. All in alignment, of course. The runner is mounted at a distance 1-inch shy of the baluster length from the bottom of the Tee. Then each baluster is pushed up into the "joist" and dropped into place in the runner. Carefully add a little construction adhesive into those runner bores before dropping each baluster into place and those components will NOT come apart without some effort!
If using brackets to hang each section from post-to-post, and if using construction adhesive to bond the handrail to the "joist," then the visible use of fasteners can be practically reduced to almost nothing...
Hope this helps, again!
Edit #1: From that Amazon link, the third reviewer's sectional construction is basically what I was trying to describe assembled...
Edit #2: If using brackets, then everything can be easily dropped into place with the balusters sandwiched into position. Therefore, the "joist" bore can be 1/2-inch deep, just like the runner bore, and construction adhesive won't be needed at all...
I've looked into this quite a bit and the best way I found (which may be overkill) is to get the following:
The turnbuckles would really only be needed if you don't believe you could get the steel cable tight enough, but if you have a short span it shouldn't be an issue. If you plan to run the steel cable through each eye hook and only have the terminals at the ends, then the turnbuckle may be needed.
EDIT:
They also make much cleaner looking solutions where the terminals have a built-in turnbuckle like THIS and terminals that have a lag bolt already attached which would remove the need for eye hooks like THIS
I paid $190
Mini Cooper 82-71-2-148-014 RAILING CARRIER
$162.95.
I agree. It is a DIN Rail Terminal Block. In a lot of industrial electrical systems, different things can be interchangeably mounted to a section of DIN Rail.
i was looking at this one... https://www.amazon.com/WELTEK-Threaded-Terminal-Stainless-Aircraft/dp/B07FBMN6JW?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&psc=1
Cable Railing Kit Deck Railing 20... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FM3DV8P?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
I was pleased w the quality for the price.