Installation Guide
4
GENERAL INFORMATION
TREX INSTALLATION GUIDE
CONTENTS/CONTINUED
How to Install Traditional Style Glass Panel Railing .....68
How to Install On-An-Angle Railing .....................................70
How to Install Crown and Universal Bird’s
Mouth Railing .............................................................................70
How to Install Crown and Universal Stair Railing ...........71
Trex
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Signature™ Railing
Parts List/Determining Balusters Needed .......................74
Installing Trex
®
Signature™ Posts and/or Trex
®
Signature™
Crossover Posts on Wood or Concrete .........................75
Installing Pressure-Treated Post, Post Sleeves,
and Skirts to Use with Trex
®
Signature™l Railing .76
Installing Trex
®
Signature™ Posts on Concrete
.........76
Railing Configurations................................................................77
Bracket Hardware – Horizontal Applications
.................78
How to Install Horizontal Railing ...........................................79
How to Install Horizontal Railing Post to Post ...............80
How to Install Horizontal Railing Post to
Crossover Post ..........................................................................83
How to Install Horizontal Railing Crossover Post
to Crossover Post ....................................................................87
How to Install Cocktail Railing ................................................91
How to Install Traditional Railing ..........................................92
How to Install Horizontal Swivel Brackets ....................... 94
How to Install Horizontal Swivel Railing ............................95
How to Install Foot Blocks – Horizontal Railing .............97
Bracket Hardware – Stair Applications
............................ 98
How to Install Stair Posts and
Stair Railing ............................................................................... 99
Attaching Fixed Stair Brackets and Rails to
Trex
®
Signature™ Posts and Pressure-Treated Posts
and Post Sleeves ................................................................... 100
Attaching Stair Swivel/Compound Swivel
Brackets And Rails To
Trex® Signature™
Posts
And Pressure-Treated Post And Post Sleeves ..104
Attaching Crossover Swivel Bracket On
Trex
®
Signature™
Post .................................................. 107
Attaching Rails In Crossover Post Applications .....109
How To Install Trex
®
Signature™ Cocktail Stair
Railing ........................................................................................... 111
How To Install Trex
®
Signature™ Traditional Stair
Railing .......................................................................................... 113
How to Install Aluminum Gate .............................................. 115
Trex
®
Signature™ Panels
Parts List/Tools Needed .......................................................... 117
Bracket Hardware – Horizontal Applications ................. 118
How to Install Panels
.................................................................119
How to Install Foot Blocks ..................................................... 123
Trex
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Signature™ Horizontal Rod Railing
Parts List/Tools Needed ......................................................... 124
How to Install Horizontal Rod Railing Brackets............ 125
How to Install Horizontal Rod Railing ............................... 125
How to Install Stair Posts and Horizontal Rod
Railing Stairs ............................................................................130
Installing Standard Stair Posts, or Pressure-Treated
Posts, Post Sleeves and Skirts .........................................130
Bracket Hardware - Stair Applications .............................130
How to Install Horizontal Rod Railing Stairs ..................130
Trex Select
®
Railing
Parts List/Determining Balusters Needed .....................136
Select Railing Configurations ............................................... 137
How to Install Trex Select Railing
....................................... 137
How to Install Cocktail Railing .............................................140
How to Install Traditional Railing ......................................... 141
How to Install On-An-Angle Railing ...................................142
How to Install Trex Select Stair Railing ............................143
Trex Aluminum ADA Compliant Handrail
ADA Handrail Guidelines ........................................................146
ADA Railing Profiles .................................................................. 147
How to Install Trex Aluminum ADA Compliant
Handrail ......................................................................................148
90˚ Wall Return ......................................................................148
Wall Mount ................................................................................148
Rail-to-Rail Connections/Internal Connector ...........148
Elbows (90˚, 36˚, 34˚, 31˚, 5˚) ...........................................149
Handrail Return 180˚ ............................................................149
Corner Mount ..........................................................................149
SECTION SIX: Warranties
Trex Transcend, Trex Enhance, Trex Select, and Trex®
Universal Fascia Limited Fade & Stain Warranty
................. 151
Trex
®
Limited Warranty ................................................................153
Trex
®
Signature™/Reveal
®
Railing Limited Warranty ....154
Color Palette
..................................................................................... 155
NOTE: Construction methods are always improving. Please refer to www.trex.com for the most up-to-date installation requirements.