Installation Guide

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Installing Top Rail:
a. Place brackets onto both ends of top rail
b. Begin at one side of rail and align first baluster with first routed
hole on bottom side of top rail and snap top rail into position
(Fig. 12).
c. Continue down the line of balusters installing balusters into
top rail.
d. Install brackets:
i. Make sure rails are fully seated with balusters and level
and centered to post sleeve. Then, using
1
⁄8" drill bit,
pre-drill first top bracket screw hole (Fig. 12). Drill
through bracket hole, vinyl post sleeve and vinyl insert
and loosely install first #10 x 1
1
⁄2" screw.
ii. Repeat pre-drilling process for remaining three screws
(Fig. 13).
iii. Tightly install screws (Fig. 14).
iv. Repeat steps i-iii for the second top bracket.
Install Side Bracket Screws And Covers
a. For each installed bracket, pre-drill in the center of each
elongated hole with a
1
⁄8" drill bit (Fig. 15).
NOTE:
In some cases you will be drilling though aluminum as well
as the vinyl railing.
b. Install #10 x 1" screws in all pre-drilled holes (Fig. 16).
c. Match letter on inside of bracket cover to the letter on
bracket, and snap cover in place. Repeat for all brackets
(Fig. 17).
Fig. 12
Fig. 13
Fig. 14
Fig. 15 Fig. 16 Fig. 17
NOTE:
Finyl Line top rails are reinforced with an aluminum channel.
Please check the inside of your top rail prior to installation. If it
uses a shape other than a capital "H", then be sure to orient that
rail so the long part of the aluminum faces the Inside of the deck
(Fig. 11).
Fig. 11
Deck
Side
Any
Side