Decking

[fattony]

Hi

Could some one tell me how to construct a banister when installing decking, do I concrete in 3m posts and then construct the banister off that?

 

[breezer]

Tommy Walsh does it by making the decking then fitting the banisters to said deck.

he also mentioned spindles should not be more that 100mm apart

 

[fattony]

cheers for the quick reply, I've read a couple of your postsand good old tommy keeps popping up, are you him?

I wasn't sure if the banister would be stable enough just screwed to the deck or am I being too cautious?

 

[megawatt]

A couple of photos may help ...

www.effectivesoftware.co.uk/DIYNot/Images/Deck/1.JPG
www.effectivesoftware.co.uk/DIYNot/Images/Deck/2.JPG
www.effectivesoftware.co.uk/DIYNot/Images/Deck/3.JPG
www.effectivesoftware.co.uk/DIYNot/Images/Deck/9.JPG

 

[breezer]

no, i am not he, i just liked ground force, but TBH i really don't like ms Dimmock

 

[fattony]

thanks for the photos tehe last one was really helpful, screw them to the joist it is then. ms dimmok, she's great always got erect nipples

 

[breezer]

its her "tv attitude" and brushing her hair to one side then watch it fall back to where it was that i dont like

 

[solo]

can we say nipples on this forum. nipples nipples nipples.

 

[breezer]

now you are being silly

 

[solo]

o.k.sorry. won't do it again dad.

 

[WabbitPoo]

ahem - to get back to the question, if the railings have either a right angle corner or, at least, a 45 angle somewhere along the run (as in those pics), that'll really help keep the whole lot stable and braced, and bolting the posts to the frame is fine. If you just have a straight line of balustrading then I would recommend posts down into the ground for stability. The problem there is that decorative posts don't tend to come in long lengths, so you're stuck with plains ones, which you might need to tart up a bit.

 

[Thermo]

agree with wabbitpoo. Any angle or fixing to a wall etc will help make them really stable. Alternativley a bolt/coach screw or some timberlock screws can do a decent job. If you are using the later it will look neater to screw from the inside of the frame. You can also fix the newel posts on the indise of the frame, which will give a much stronger fixing as you can put a timber plate each side, however you then have to do some cutting of the boards around the posts.

 

[n3il.h]

So is screwing them on out of the question?

Post's I'm getting, the bottom has been cut away so it sits onto the deck as well as overlapping onto the joist..... (BQ jobbies)

 

[Thermo]

not strong enough, use coach screws at least

 

[n3il.h]

In that case I will go for bolts.......Whats the recommended size?