Adding a railing to a deck - DIY Tutorial
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- čas přidán 9. 08. 2016
- When I was up in NH visiting with the family, I wanted to take on a project while I was there. The list of possibilities was endless but I settled upon the deck. When my dad built the house he never finished the railing. In high school the deck was off my room and I remember sitting out there at night, dangling my feet. With grand babies, its time my parent have a rail up. so that's what I did. I hope you enjoy this build.
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Loved the real life at the end. I miss both my dad and his miter saw. Both had no guard and were way more power than anything we can get today.
Nice job on the rail!
Great video, simple, to the point, and easy on this "senior" mind to digest. Thank you!
I like what you did with the corners. I am in the middle of my deck build and I'm totally using this rail design. Very informative.
Gonna do this, this weekend. Thanks for the video friend!
Excellent presentation! The corner treatment is very clean!
Nice looking, sample and easy to learn 👍..... Thnx for sharing
Really nice job and very easy to understand.
Great tutorial, turned out great. I like your barn/shop/garage, very cool. I would love a detached shop, stuck in a two car garage for now.
That is good. You help my mind grow so much. Thank you
Excellent video. Just what I was looking for.
Thank you for making a fairly simple and to the point video.
Great video
Nice work! Learned some cool ways to save some time. Thanks for posting your video!
Wow, awesome job..
Nice work thanks for video Phil uk
Very nice deck. Im gonna have to watch again during my handrail build but I really like the railing you did. That will work for me deck perfectly. Thanks. Subscribed
Great tutorial for my next project!
Thanks for the idea on the corner design. Looks great
No problem.
nice work
Nice tutorial. Thanks! If I were you, I would add some hardware to the existing deck to secure it to the house and shore-up the corners... Just to keep dad safe.
Great job man!!!
Good instruction.
Nice
That's one boss ass Hitachi mitersaw. The 15" models are expensive but worth every penny.
Good stuff! Great example of “Keep it simple, stupid” haha thanks for the vid. Cheers
Good example of "get you and your friends killed", is more like it. I hope no one else builds like this.
always get the center of your railing length, Mark center and if using 2x2 balusters mark 3/4 " on each side of center mark. Line and plumb your first baluster and make a jig with your spacer distance to space and align your balusters and the will come out evenly spaced on each end, Built decks for many years and this will never fail you. Add last baluster at each end after railing is set in place.
Nice job.
Thanks
A+
Nice job on the Deck,
But I have to say that 20yrs. Is a long time I hope that it's not going to be another 20yrs.to get it stained.
Oh I just love that style of house. Keep up the good work and be safe.
No it's stained and everything already. Thanks for the support.
great job
I like the way you used a 2x4 for rough measuring between the deck and the railing and in between the balusters, but those posts need better anchoring. They should be able to resist a 200 lb lateral force but I could see it move when you leaned against it. Check out finehomebuilding for a way to shore up the post connections.
Pinche trabajo mamalon.. esta conmadres.. me gusto felicidades.. ya tienes otro subscriptor..
Cool, I'm more impressed with your editing skills, good job.
Thanks, I do what I can with a basic editor
Geez that thing is free floating ...
I'm putting in the same angle cornered top rail, but it is not working out right. How did you get the degree? I'm 15.5" from outside 4x4 to 4x4.
Nice jo I love your corner miters. I was noticing the composite decking boards, What's up with the wide gap in the boards ?
I didn't do the decking, my dad did. I can only imagine he wanted the wider Gap to minimize the build up of acorns and leaves that fall on the deck, making cleaning a little easier for him.
Nice job. Question i'm rebuilding my deck I will be installing new 4x4 posts do they half to be notched? The old ones were notched.
You usually notch the post to get the railing closer to the deck. You don't have to notch them. I didn't. If you notice at the 3:45 mark, the bottom half of the railing is out further than the decking. If this is a concern for you, then you notch the post to bring the rail over the decking more.
How would you do an inside corner?
Needed some ideas for a railing and found your vid. Nice work / looks great.
Maybe I missed it, but why did you opt for the rounded corners when the deck is square? Strength? Aesthetics? Either way, I like it. Also, are you from New England? I don’t hear many others say ‘dead nuts’ Got a chuckle. I say it all the time :D
Cheers.
Yes I am from New England. NH to be precise. I chose to round the corner for aesthetics really. That's what my dad wanted. Thanks for the support.
I did not see any external support post , what is the deck rated for?
I'm not sure. My bad built the house 20 years ago and they stamped the permit so. It's cantilevered under the second story of the house.
I would have installed the ballisters on the inside of the runners. Safer and easier to install.
When you cut the balusters, what's the angle on the bottom? Great video!
Judy Auble I bought precut so they came with a 45 angle on the bottom. I just had to cut the tops to make them the right length.
U&I DIY Thanks. I figured I'd make my own, but I guess I can figure it out on some scrap. :-)
Its 45
yes good job
Enjoyable vid to watch. But the deck looks a bit frightening with no support posts!
Those deck frame board go about 10 feet into the house.
Great job! Do you mind if I ask how much all the supplies cost to build the railing?
+Best Access Doors thank you. Couldn't tell you. My dad has the stuff. I just came to town and put it on. I have a hard time going on vacation without working.
Good day, Just found your channel. I see this is 6 years old. but since I will be working on a railing for the deck this summer, I am hoping you can still answer this question. You place your lower rail at 4 inches (3.75) and ended up cutting your balusters. Did you angle cut the top or straight cut it and did it make a difference in shedding the water? How tight was the straight cut to the upper rail? And do you think putting the straight cut at the lower end would have been better, functionally if not astatically? Thanks hope you are well and have a wonderful day
The balusters that we had were too long anyways. My dad just picked those up. So they had to be cut, but some of them already come to the proper size. They were a perfect straight cut so that they set right under the cap of the railing. You could certainly put the angled cut at the top and straight cut on the bottom, but from an aesthetics standpoint the angle is at the bottom. You don't even need to angle yours if you don't want to.
@@UIDIY Thanks for the quick reply. It did look like you had straight cut the top part on video but I was not sure, that is why I asked. Also having the top tucked under the top rail most likely protects the baluster from water and rot. Looks good and I think a flat end is how I will go too. Thanks again. Have a great day
Deck railing
no pilot holes?
Nope, just sent them home. The screw drills it's own pilot if you buy that type.
Jeez nail that rim joist home( 1min17 mark)and maybe add some joist hangers
We timberlocked it down when we painted it.
Awesome dude that was stressing me too, great video!
All that work and you didn’t tighten up the 2x12 gaps on the bottom of the deck, looks like they’re coming apart
Now, all you need is a log cabin out in the middle of nowhere
I don't think your post mounts would pass code anywhere. I can't imagine it doesn't wobble at the ends with just two 1/2 bolts through the single rim joist. You need some L brackets to keep the rim joist from twisting
dude he wasn't looking for it to pass code, the deck has been in place for a million years without rails, the goal was just to get the rails in place, if they were worried about code, they would probably have had to remove the original deck platform altogether and do everything from scratch - this was just to clean it up and make it look good, there is plenty of strength I doubt they'll be having crazy parties on a deck that is big enough for maybe 2 people at most. I'm just happy that he didn't notch out the 4x4 posts to attach them to the deck, millions of people building their own decks do this all the time and it essentially turns the 4x4 posts into 2x4's - he did a good job with the posts and the railing, it looks good and it's plenty strong.
Dude, that railing will leverage that rim joist and be a wobbly unsafe piece of crap. If it's been up there 20 years it's probably rotten. I see these hack jobs over and over on YT. I have to assume that he's getting this to "look good" so it can be sold to some unsuspecting sucker.
My dad is not selling, he's ganna retire on that property. Just thought you might want to know.
@@eettmm dude what was her mouth doing so close to your nose, it should have been in your crotch area LOL!
I will make one criticism of a description of a common process in building. That process is the use of a tool called LEVEL. Many videos I see on this platform have presenters using this tool and describing what they are doing with this tool as "leveling " when they are actually checking the vertical (PLUMB), to a horizontal relationship of building member. The correct term to use when using the level in the vertical position is checking PLUMB.
Utilizing proper terminology, believe it or not, eliminates misunderstanding. For instance; do you "hammer" a nail, or do you "DRIVE" a nail? You DRIVE nails, you DRIVE screws.
Proper terminology for tools and processes were taught in school shop classes and in apprenticeship programs at one time. Construction is an art form that has its own language. Take the time to learn it if you want to teach the art to someone else.
Other than that, good video.
Don't worry so much
Why do you keep calling the rails runners?
You can call them different thing, but runners "run" the distance from post to post. Runners are also refered to as the parts that hold up stairs. They are also what you call the top part of door framing in a non load bearing wall. If the wall is load bearing, it's a header.
@@UIDIY The terms are rails, stringers and plates....look up the meanings sometime...It's like calling all pasta macaroni
@@zeke112964 then make your own video on how to do it if you don't like the terms i learned, then send me the link so i can watch it and make a pointless comment that doesn't change the outcome of the video.
@@UIDIY The outcome of the video is it took you 20 year to put rails on a deck that wouldn't meet code
@@zeke112964 1: it's not my house, it's my parents house and i put the rails on because I now have children who visit. 2: call the code enforcement. IDC
Should be titled "DIY deck fail". Those 4x4 posts are a complete fail and will end up getting someone hurt or killed. Wrong hardware (not galvanized) and half ass installation. smh
I appreciate your opinion.
This system is WEAK, loosens up over time making the posts sloppy an easily moved in and out to a point of dangerous. irresponsibly installed in favor of getting it done and making money to the determent of safety and your client.
Umm.... I didn't make any money. I was helping out my dad. But thanks for the advise.
nice work