A new series brought to you by cottage life jason lake shows you common mistakes and easy fixes for building a deck.
Attaching post to deck floor.
The idea of quickly installing a post where you want on either a wood framed deck concrete or even stone surface is appealing.
Next set the post in the anchor making sure there is no space between the anchor and the bottom of the deck post.
Here s how to do it.
How to secure wooden posts to a wooden floor.
Attaching the deck post is a very important operation as it will influence directly the look of the railings and balusters.
Attaching a metal post bracket to a concrete slab is easier than you may think.
Purchased 9 6 x 6 titan post anchors to assemble to a new construction pt deck surface.
Jason is a contractor host of decks.
Wooden fence posts can be secured to wooden or concrete floors with post anchors.
Deck railing posts are the foundation of a deck railing system.
Use a level to make sure the post is plumb in all directions.
Handrail posts decorative posts for coat racks benches and.
When homeowners and diyers build a deck they often fail to attach the railing posts to the deck framing securely.
Today s options for attaching posts to deck surfaces.
Mark the location of the holes in a metal post bracket on the concrete.
The lag screws were a bit short for 2 x 6 decking so i opted to purchase longer lags to attached through the 2 x 6 decking and into 2 2 x 6 scraps together.
Here we show posts for a 36 inch tall railing which is common.
Don t lag bolt a deck railing post to the outer band board that s nailed to the ends of the floor joists.
They must be strong.
Cut the post to the desired height of the railing the width of the framing you will attach it to and the thickness of the decking minus the thickness of the top cap if there will be one.
Installation to the 6 x 6 was easy with a little sledge hammer help.
It s easy to connect deck railing posts to the floor joists of the deck.
A secure method of attaching railing posts to a deck is to notch the post at the bottom so it fit snugly in the space between the two outer floor joists.
Attaching a wood post to a deck s concrete footing a concrete walkway patio or porch slab is easy.