How To Install Vinyl Railing On Front Porch
To hide the screw holes install screw caps.
How to install vinyl railing on front porch. Put the porch rail skirt on the post and wrap the vinyl outer post around it. Place the rails into position on the porch. You should have assembled 3 porch rails 1 for the front of the porch and 1 for each size.
Then the rail mounting plates are fastened on top. Trim the slit and bend the vinyl as needed to fit around the bracket snugly. Secure the balustrades to the posts or columns with screws or brackets as is called for by the type of material you are using.
Screw in same colored rail brackets to the posts on top and bottom. The first was prefabricated handrails sold at Home Depot. Set the bottom run to the side.
These were 6 ft painted railing segments prefabricated or ready to bolt onto the posts. Measure the distance between the original porch posts. The pre-built railing sections are cut to length fitted with N-brackets positioned over the mounting cleats and lowered into place so that the brackets and cleats engage each other.
Use the lag bolts and ratchet to secure the braces for each of the rails. At the center of this distance place the PVC post and install its bottom to the porch floor using screws. Install the next support post and attach the base rail for the balusters.
Pop the cut piece of vinyl siding free by pulling on it gently. Its the same procedure on a wood deck if the posts are already in. Pull up gently on the piece of siding that contains the bottom of the cut-out rectangle to lift it up enough for you to slip the bracket up and behind it and pull it through the slit.