TREX SELECT ® COMPOSITE STAIR MESH RAILING Installation Instructions
A. Top Stair Rail B. Bottom Stair Rail C1. Top Stair Bracket C2. Bottom Stair Bracket D. Mesh Panel E. Post sleeve cap* F. Post sleeve skirt* G. Post Sleeve*#
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> All-in-One 4x4 post sleeve > 4x4 post sleeve > 6x6 post sleeve H. Adjustable foot block (quantity of one is required for all railing span lengths) I. Top and Bottom Channels J. Top and Bottom Anti-Rattle Gaskets K. Side Channels
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L. Side Anti-Rattle Gaskets M. Mesh Caps (not shown) *
Item not included in the Select railing kits. Note: when using the Select post sleeve, the cap and skirt are included with this post sleeve. *# 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 post sleeves are designed to fit over 4x4 pressure-treated post.
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1. Installing Pressure-Treated Posts » PLEASE REFER TO LOCAL BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO ATTACHING PRESSURE TREATED POSTS. » PRESSURE TREATED POSTS MUST BE INSTALLED ON INSIDE OF STAIR STRINGER AND AT NOSE OF STAIR TREAD. » POST TO POST SPAN WILL BE LESS THAN 6' or 8'. PRIOR TO INSTALLING POSTS CALCULATE POST TO POST SPAN USING A MAXIMUM RAIL LENGTH REQUIRED AND THE ANGLE (32°- 37°) AT WHICH THE RAILS WILL BE INSTALLED. DO NOT INSTALL STAIR POSTS AT 6' SPAN, AS STAIR RAILINGS WILL THEN BE TOO SHORT. » Post sleeve longer than 39" (991 mm) will be needed on the lower section of stair rail to accommodate stair angle.
2b. When using the 4 x 4 sleeve and two-piece skirt, slide post sleeve over post and down
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to rest on decking surface. Snap two piece skirt over post sleeve.
Note: Shims can be used to plumb post sleeves. Measuring and Cutting Bottom Rail 3. P lace a 1" deckboard on the nose of the stair tread.
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1" (2.5 cm)
Installing Post Sleeve Skirts and Post Sleeves 2a. When using the All-in-One or 6 x 6
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post sleeve and one- piece skirt, slide post sleeve skirt over post and down to rest on decking surface. Slide post sleeve over post and position inside post sleeve skirt.
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