STAIR RAIL INSTALLATION:
1.
Post Installation:
Closely follow Post Install Kit installation
instructions or use a Post Jacket on an existing
wood 4x4.
2.
Determine Spacing:
Temporarily secure a deck board (
included) to your stair treads to determine the
spacing between the nose of the stairs and your
bottom rail (Fig. 1).
3.
Assemble Your Stair Railing Section:
a. Lock tabs on baluster/spindle must face outer
edge of routed holes in rails (Fig. 2).
b. Assemble your stair railing section by snapping
balusters/spindles in rails (Fig. 3).
4.
Stabilize Section:
a. Place assembled stair railing section adjacent
to mounted stair posts, leaving equal distances
from the ends of both balusters and clamp
your stair railing section to the posts (Fig. 4).
b. Trace the post onto each rail (both ends of top
and bottom rails). Make four marks in total
being sure to mark
expansion (Fig. 5).
8
⁄
") (not
5
4
⁄
" shorter to allow for
1
8
Fig. 1
Temporary
Temporary
Deck Board
Deck Board
Fig. 2
Lock
Lock
Tabs
Tabs
Outer Edge
Outer Edge
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Clamp
Clamp
Fig. 5
1
⁄
"
8