How to Choose and Maintain Cable Railing Systems

How to Choose and Maintain Cable Railing Systems | Ask This Old House

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In this video, This Old House carpenter Nathan Gilbert shows host Kevin O’Connor everything he needs to know about installing cable railings and maintaining them over time.
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Carpenter Nathan Gilbert shares a few connection options for cable railings and the best way to maintain each system. There are several fastener options out there but the three most common are clip, lag bolt and base plate fasteners.
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How to Choose and Maintain Cable Railing Systems | Ask This Old House
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@jaycie5021 2 ай бұрын

One bit of advice not mentioned here is to tension on warmer days. Over the course of a year the weather can cause the cable to expand up to a tenth of a percent. Tensioning on the hottest day means the rest of the year the weather is working for you.

@glennmccarthy7637 2 ай бұрын

I love these, my town has a code that balusters cannot be horizontal as it makes a ladder for kids to climb, then fall over!

@TimRacette 2 ай бұрын

100% hogwire is a good alternative.

@fmradio42 2 ай бұрын

Before you instal, make sure its up to code. children can climb up and fall over.compared to vertical balusters.

@blkhawk661 2 ай бұрын

biggest reno regret i've ever had is these railing.... kids come over for parties and can't help but step on it... pulls right out with a 60lb kid standing on it...

@mejustme474 2 ай бұрын

Good to know. I won’t install these.

@ekujj13 2 ай бұрын

Haha

@jmack1717 2 ай бұрын

My kids definitely did that as well

@dfaulder8025 2 ай бұрын

Not allowed at all by Code in Canada.

@JG-mp5nb 2 ай бұрын

Looks easy enough!

@Kevin-mp5of 2 ай бұрын

Nathan the hack is back!

@ekujj13 2 ай бұрын

I nearly laughed out loud when he pulled out that nylon brush.

@MikeHoughtonasUnit8720 2 ай бұрын

I prefer the natural look myself

@wolfmanjacksaid 2 ай бұрын

In many areas the railings can't be climbable by code

@jej3451 2 ай бұрын

No eye and ear protection? For shame!!!

@c0mputer 2 ай бұрын

It’s ok, they had a fire extinguisher just off camera.

@Its_crazyadamla 2 ай бұрын

Step 1 buy a house

@Gideon_Judges6 2 ай бұрын

There are a lot of steps before that.

@1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish. 2 ай бұрын

I work for Source Build Products if anyone needs any stair materials.

@eric3215 2 ай бұрын

Today’s trendy is tomorrow’s dated.

@cbtjack Ай бұрын

Completely useless without the links to the railing supplier.

@CC-jv3wm 2 ай бұрын

No comment on the legality of having climbable railings?

@Kurdboi.roblox 2 ай бұрын

@trumpetmaris 2 ай бұрын

Lags will not hold with time. InvisiCable you used in a previous deck build are the best. Critical 4 design is your posts and how the top rail is fastened since the sheer forces are very large at that junction. Your mock up wasn't even tight. I use a tensioner and shoot for 200lbs. On the wire. The order you tension is also critical. So many details left Out of this video that it's more harmful than helpful. The guy didn't even know how to use his power driver! If you have to retention every year then something is moving either your post or your fastener because the cable itself does not stretch. I can't emphasize how important the stiffness of the posts are where they are tensioned into the deck structure (blocking and DTT2Z). I expect Better from your channel 😢.

@janking2762 2 ай бұрын

These are dangerous, can’t understand why they are code permitted. Don’t know why This Old House shows this.

@Kurdboi.roblox 2 ай бұрын

First😊

@kbh95207 2 ай бұрын

Who cares?

@johnlebzelter4208 2 ай бұрын

@Maximalgd Do you think this will finally make you feel like you accomplished something with your life? Hate to say it, but no one cares. You’re just embarrassing yourself in front of millions and sorry to say this, but you wont get a trophy to show your parents.

@ssl3546 2 ай бұрын

@@kbh95207 Same reason anyone cares about who wins the NBA finals or whatever

@Its_crazyadamla 2 ай бұрын

This is youtube not tiktok