Railings

The railing design is very basic and simple. I had 8 - 4 x 4 inch posts which I lag bolted to the floor frame every 7 feet. It was necessary to jig saw out a small slot in the decking in order for the post to stand up level. The corner posts all required that I lag on a 2 ft. extension block at the top in order to tie the tops of the posts together with a 14 ft. pressure treated 2 x 4 on all 4 sides. I added 2 x 4s all around at different heights. My overall total of 2 x 4s came up to 4 - 16ft 2x4s and 24 - 8 ft 2 x 4s. The horizontals were cut down to fit in between the upright posts.





I may end up adding some ballisters in between the bottom 2 uprights so I don't have to worry about the youngest kids falling through.