How To Make Cable Railing For Decks
30 inches between deck and top rail.
How to make cable railing for decks. The deck is 40 long with 10 cables. These manufactured products must be installed according to the manufacturer s requirements. At that length the cables would cost about 27 per linear foot of railing. To calculate your cable requirement you must measure from the top of your deck or bottom rail to the bottom of your top rail then divide that number by the cable spacing 3 and subtract 1.
Make a hole drilling template by drilling inch diameter holes spaced 3 inches apart through a 4 inch wide by inch thick strip of plywood. Start with the cable at the midpoint in your railing height and alternate cables above and below the center cable. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva installs a cable railing on a deck in greenwich village new york. How to install cable deck railing systems there are various methods and products for constructing cable railing from complete guard systems to simple cable and turnbuckle products.
You ll probably need your locking pliers on the other side of the post to keep the cable stud from twisting. Final adjustment only requires a pair of vice. Railing retrofit new posts a cable rail system and an applied rim board breathe new life into a weathered deck. 2 ideas for custom railings site built deck rails use unconventional materials to preserve the view.
Plan for five horizontal cables 3 inches from the top and bottom of a 25 inch high railing 6 cables for a railing 36 inches high and 7 cables for deck railings up to 46 inches in height. There are specific requirements for each aspect of the railing system such as handrail height the amount of pressure that the system must be able to withstand and how far apart the posts must be spaced. With single corner posts the cables would run just 15 feet before terminating at each corner. Everything is stainless steel.
30 3 10 and 10 1 9. This is a really inexpensive project to get clean easy to adjust cable railings. Consider a square residential deck with a perimeter of 60 feet wood railing on all 4 sides and 10 cables.