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| Early morning shot of the completed railing on the Epic DIY Deck Project |
The rail system came from a children's homemade tree fort that I dismantled a few years ago. It was a Craigslist find by my spouse. The catch was, I had to do the demolition, but got to keep all the lumber. It had tons of 2 x 6, 2 x 12, decking lumber and these pre made rail sections.
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| Put the shorter rail section near the corner. Add more strength to the railing |
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| I actually had to trim an inch off the bottom rails, but it worked out just fine. |
This style of railing is actually quite easy to put together. It consists of a 6 foot long 2 x 4 rail at the bottom and the top, then (15) 3/4" holes were drilled 4.5" apart. A powered coated black, aluminum spindle was inserted in the holes.
I need to make my on section for left over lumber and it took about 30 mins to turn out a 6' long by 42" tall rail section.
