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Building a Porch Railing

Ryley helps build a porch railing on the Roxbury project. Bob discusses the building codes that pertain to the rail and materials used.

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Building a Porch Railing

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" OK we're getting ready to build our porch railing here and because of the elevation that the great is a good three feet below here. The code requires that you have a porch railing up just 36 inches high and that the spindles beset. Not more than nine inches apart let's check in with Ryley and with George -- here and talk about. Exactly how they're building attack does have a and it got done so partly -- we have have -- bottom plate we've just -- is letting it out. Is that he's not Alice's. So that that -- inches on and is that your program okay and what you got here is. One by what did you do get one but weren't riveted and a haven't gotten one -- all press treated differently than right as we use all stand up passengers aboard now when your. Building a section of really like this do you start at one end and measure to the other side over stuff let's say that. I played the ending promptly we have them both sides on that and that's a good tip. Okay what about the baluster stock. Balusters are all livestock. Material that went and perhaps I won't happen just pressure treated lumber ratcheted up there and this of course by the end of the job gets painted right. I believe I'm actually going to make best idea yeah behind it plaguing all of that the that it weather for a bit yeah okay let's put it together."

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" OK now this doesn't have much much strength to it really know -- got to put the bottom and the top art and the bottom and top rails are just made out of a two by four just document or for the bottom op as today got a custom. Hopefully making it well you can get this that the lumber yard no minority comes with a rabbit -- yet the stock analysis pressure treated. That George what you have to do up here. And which ought to all around the -- so the curve of the of the column. And how are you gonna do that instead of his -- The carpet complex I use it that's the -- all work and that such -- Of this loan. That's clever enough. That transfers the line down there and then we cut it and you've already done it. That's for the bottom and it's different for the top because that paper of the column yes you've already got the other I got that problem okay these. Bottom that's the bottom so we transfer that on in here. And make the cut. Top and bottom rails are ready to go now until these support blocks which then played thread. There you go."

" And we're just using two inch galvanized. Decking screws. All right now can -- be deceptive and there you go. I was there. Sadat center over there. Right there yes that. Okay let's put the top captain --"

" And so that we don't see any fasteners and nails or screws from the top of the railing. But coming up from the bottom."

" And because of pressure treated lumber. Recommendation is that we not paint -- news after it's weathered for good long while."

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