The vinyl is installed with a overlapped heat welded seam which can be handled one of two ways.
Vinyl deck post installation.
Some vinyl railing installations need a 4 by 4 pressure treated post with a vinyl post sleeve placed over top.
Bolt the post mount on to concrete or wood and then place a vinyl post sleeve over the mount.
From below the deck place the heavy square washer over the bolts and secure it with lock washers and nuts.
When installing a post on a concrete patio or wood deck you will need a post mount.
Set up a jig that allows you to cut all the posts to the correct length.
The strength of the duradek system is the method we use to weld the vinyl sheets together.
Place a vinyl post cap on the top of the post and a post skirt on the bottom for aesthetic purposes.
Most rail installation instructions are vague on these details but the strength of any rail system is dependent on posts that can withstand 200 lb.
Concentrated loads applied in any direction or 500 lb with a safety factor of 2 5 which is the load referenced by the astm d7032 testing criteria that manufactured composite rail kits must.
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Anyone who has experienced the ease and speed of installation eliminating notching of decking and tricky carpentry skills or all the hardware required for setting posts into joists knows this intimately.
You then put the four bolts through the holes in the base of the post and the holes you ve drilled in the deck.
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