How To Build Rails Around Porch
Use two sliding measuring sticks to determine the distance between porch posts.
How to build rails around porch. Set the balusters assembly on the bottom rail. See below for a shopping list and toolsSUBSCRIBE to This Old House. Kee Klamp customer Mynor built this dual deck staircase railing in Canoga Park California using this Surface Mount.
Building a perfect-fit handrail with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva. The rest could be adjusted if need be. This is a wonderful deck railing idea that looks especially stunning if you live in an old Victorian-style house or have a wrap-around.
Measure and mark the railing height of 36 inches onto the porch posts. It is just as useful and sometimes necessary for a garden path. Two of the longer wooden segments faced the street while a short segment on the side connected the masonry wall to the end post.
For this purposed we have chosen the thick sides of the pallet board to make pillars of the railing. This HouseCall took Ron to Bennington Vermont a small New England town resembling something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. That didnt make sense in my mind because the front porch handrails needed to be at a very specific height.
However you could always just show the design and leave it to the experts. In building the porch step railing I started from the top and worked my way down. Secure the bottom rail to the posts.
It gives you instant privacy and you can train a climbing plant over it so youll soon have a living screen softening the look. Extend a pair of posts past the railing and fill between them. Lattice is a good option.