Installation Guide

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SELECT RAILING
NOTE: Construction methods are always improving. Please refer to www.trex.com for the most up-to-date installation requirements.
HOW TO INSTALL COCKTAIL RAILING
TREX SELECT
Important: ONLY use for use with pressure-treated
4x4 post (3.5" nominal square) and 4" x 4" (102 mm x
102 mm) post sleeve. Trex Post Mounts or Joist Mount
Posts cannot be used with Select Cocktail railing.
1. Installing Pressure-Treated Posts, Post Sleeve
Skirts and Post Sleeves
See instructions on page 138.
Cutting Post and Post Sleeve
1a. Mark and cut post and
post sleeve measuring
from deck surface:
» 36-1/8" (918 mm) for
36" (914 mm) height.
» 42-1/8" (1070 mm) for
42" (1067 mm) height.
4. Cutting Railings
See instructions on page
138.
5.
Attaching Foot Block to Bottom Railing
See instructions on page 138.
NOTES:
»
Leave 1/8" (3 mm) gap between deck boards.
»
Deck boards can overhang end of last post
maximum 1/2" (13 mm).
Cutting Deck Board
6. Cut deck boards to appropriate length of railing
span, remembering to include extra space on each
side of the deck board to allow for attachment to
the post. Decking boards must cover 1/2 of the
pressure-treated post to allow this to be
fastened later.
7. Place inverted deck
board (place top side
of deck board down)
on clean, flat surface.
(DO NOT use Escapes
or Contour deck
boards for top rail.)
Attaching Deck Board to Select Top Rail
8. Place inverted Select
top rail (orient properly
so baluster holes are
shown top side up),
on the deck board,
centered in both
directions to allow final
attachment to post.
36-1/8"
(918 mm)
or
42-1/8"
(1070 mm)
36-1/8"
(918 mm)
or
42-1/8"
(1070 mm)
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