Installing Vinyl Railing On Concrete

Although few do it yourselfers relish the prospect of a weekend spent mixing hundreds of pounds of concrete and digging numerous post holes most can handle a vinyl fence installation.

Installing vinyl railing on concrete.

Railings is a structural steel post that can be mounted on wood or concrete in lieu of using a pressure treated post. Post install kit for 36 in. Some vinyl railing installations need a 4 by 4 pressure treated post with a vinyl post sleeve placed over top. Use a steel post plate mounting system to attach your vinyl porch railing to a concrete floor.

Make sure that the holes are 10 inches in diameter and deep enough to hold the length of your post plus 6 inches for a layer of gravel. To install a vinyl fence start by using a power auger or a post hole digger to dig the holes for your fence posts. When installing a fence on an existing concrete pad some fence installers prefer to core drill through the concrete and set posts the traditional way embedded in concrete underground. Bolt the post mount on to concrete or wood and then place a vinyl post sleeve over the mount.

Concrete that holds the posts needs time to harden before the installation can be finished. Plan the location of the fence carefully and you ll avoid costly mistakes that might be difficult to undo. Light weight design makes installation fast and easy. Plumb the posts and.

Below grade and pack in soil on top of the wet concrete. Using a rented core drill you can drill a hole through your concrete slab for each fence post. Otherwise stop filling the holes with concrete about 4 in. Attach the first post to the house wall with the mounting brackets one near the top rail and one just above the baluster rail baseline.

Installing a vinyl fence. Stretch a string line tightly along the proposed fence run locate the corner posts and dig 3 ft deep postholes. Set the base plate under the post. Lay out the fence.

Installing a vinyl fence on a slope requires the use of the step method. Step 4 attach your porch railing to a concrete floor.