How to install handrails on a composite deck

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Adventures of a Handyman

3 жыл бұрын

Installing aluminum handrails and posts on a Trex deck

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@claytonjames4779 3 жыл бұрын

Finally uninstalled video that shows how you actually attached the posts!

@spelunkerd 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for including the difficulty you had near the end. It's real.

@jond8070 3 жыл бұрын

Good job guys! It really looks nice!

@bettyvancott5282 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sad. Saw this about a year after posted. But still helped me in learning how to install rail on my deck. 👍🏻

@coreymccue6098 3 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought about using a ratchet strap. Good looking railing!

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@yakovfilatov101 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet deck sir!!! We are installing those rails currently as well on our deck project!!!

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Good luck

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man, you won the hat! Send me your address to jmjackson911@yahoo.com and I'll get it to you.

@HighRidgeHandyman 3 жыл бұрын

Can you use a strap or tie down to keep the railings together. Wrap each side and ratchet it until in place then remove strap. It might work. Nice job guys!!

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely. Thats the 1st time I've had 1 come apart like that actually. Thanks!

@mystoryhisglory9438 3 жыл бұрын

I use straps on the handrails before standing them in place its always worked

@25258721 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty work!

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@likearockcm 3 жыл бұрын

Referrals ,testament to quality work at a fair price, no doubt !

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Yep. We must be doing something right. That was #7 in that neighborhood

@deanhager7610 3 жыл бұрын

Great job !!!

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jamiecrawford2753 Жыл бұрын

What Post are you using and where can I find them? Been looking for aluminum post instead of sleeve and not having any luck.

@shawnlewellen6577 3 жыл бұрын

Love the hat design. I WANT ONE!

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Got it. Thanks!

@gregwike1 9 ай бұрын

Great Video. Nice Job!

@omardemuner4088 2 күн бұрын

Nice worck

@chuckhowland5146 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job!

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@panjrobarobaipanj7259 2 жыл бұрын

Great video just subscribed as well keep these Awesome videos coming ✅👍✅

@coreyfenton3618 3 жыл бұрын

love the hat friend i really want one man

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! You're in the running

@joetoyota7903 5 ай бұрын

Your video was perfect for a seasoned carpenter. But for a novice, I would have liked to see the holes drilled to mount the posts, and the bolts used to secure them to the deck. Wouldn't you need a drywall type anchor in the hole before attaching the lag bolt? I never understood how these posts could be secured properly into fake wood, without a bolt through the top with a nut attached under the deck.

@spelunkerd 2 ай бұрын

The fake wood is not structural. The screws are long enough to go directly into the joists underneath, which are typically 2X8. The deck needs to be designed to have joists exactly where those four screws line up.

@smoothlarryhughes 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of railings do you use? Do you have to have a joist under all 4 corner screw holes of the post to secure the posts?

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

These are called Afco series 100 but I think I'm going to start trying to sell rails from home fortress. These rails are nice bit scratch to easily in my opinion and the home fortress are much easy to install. Especially the stair rails. I put blocking under the post so that all bolts are secured in 2 by material. Thanks for watching!

@claytonjames4779 3 жыл бұрын

@@adventuresofahandyman4446 thank you for that Detail no other videos I can find show how those are actually attached they skip right over it

@GregoryGuay 5 ай бұрын

Did you have to add wood blocking underneath the composite deck where those aluminum posts are mounted? Did not notice in the video…

@brandongriffith2621 3 жыл бұрын

Quality work, it nice to get jobs next door to each other. Did you get the job through property management company or by customer ?

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. The 1st customer referred me to the 2 neighbors. We've built 7 in this neighborhood now. Word spreads fast

@nathancraig5313 3 жыл бұрын

Love that hat

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@dougstadel9310 3 жыл бұрын

What about expansion around post ?

@jacm7256 2 жыл бұрын

great video. i have a similar situation @3:08 of your video where my post lands on the split of my picture framing. Is that safe and okay to drill the screws there for the post? Does it still have a good support on the post? Appreciate your feedback. Thanks

@adventuresofahandyman4446 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It’s fine to attach the post there. There is 2x material beneath the deck birds that give the strength

@jacm7256 2 жыл бұрын

@@adventuresofahandyman4446 thanks a lot for your reply. i wasn't too sure when i tried installing my railings yesterday so when i stumbled upon your video, it gave me hope that I can install them in that split section of picture framing. i thought it woudn't have enough bite to it or might ruin the edge of the board. I do have a 6x6 as blocking underneath but it seems to me that you are landing the first post screw on the rim board itself right? 3/4" from the corner? not in the blocking after the rim? thanks again for your support.

@adventuresofahandyman4446 2 жыл бұрын

@@jacm7256 yes that 1st bolt is in the rim board. I do my best to hit it in the center

@markkuiper5233 3 жыл бұрын

what was the cost of the railings?

@connorhennessy3588 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll pretend like Sawyer didn’t hurt my feelings...

@michaelduvall2762 Жыл бұрын

WHAT BRAND RAILING IS THIS

@trudyselzer6451 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you are paying Sawyer!! She is great!!!

@IslandSpirit35 3 жыл бұрын

Do you travel? Like to PA, 30 miles N of Philly? I and putting down 650 sq.ft Trex Foggy Wharf and 32' of railing. Material arrived in 2 weeks. You available?

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Whew! Man I'd love to come help but thats about 9hours.😁

@IslandSpirit35 3 жыл бұрын

@@adventuresofahandyman4446 I will pay travel, expenses and put you both up. One day travel up$$, 2-3 days work$$$ one day travel back$$$. Deck is stripped, I am looking at frame. All trex will be on site delivered along with railings. It might be a good job!

@joshuareekes9587 3 жыл бұрын

what kind of railing is that?

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

Afco series 100

@terry6552 Жыл бұрын

What handrails are these I don’t like the post sleeves

@adventuresofahandyman4446 Жыл бұрын

I believe they were Afco series 100

@terry6552 Жыл бұрын

@@adventuresofahandyman4446 thanks bro

@rac2664 3 жыл бұрын

You worried me walking on the unprotected deck. You really need fall protection.

@adventuresofahandyman4446 3 жыл бұрын

True but I promise it looks alot worse on camera

@anderdome 3 жыл бұрын

@@adventuresofahandyman4446 What does your states Labor and Industry compliance officers say about Tying off? OSHA? Anything greater than 6 ft. you must tie-off? Tie or die!!