Installation Guide

OPENING BETWEEN POSTS

1/2" LESS THAN THE OPENING

RESTING TABS

#10 X 1.000 SCREWS

#10 X 1.500 SCREWS

KEYWAY HOLE

1 - BEGIN BY PRE-ASSEMBLEING THE RAILING SECTION ON THE GROUND. THE SECTION SHOULD BE CUT 1/2" SHORTER THAN

THE LENGTH OF THE OPENING BETWEEN THE POSTS.

2 - PLACE ONE BRACKET ON EACH END OF BOTH THE UPPER AND THE LOWER RAILS. INSURE THAT THE RESTING TABS ARE

FLUSH WITH THE BOTTOM OF EACH RAIL.

3 - POSITION THE ENTIRE SECTION BETWEEN THE POSTS AND AT THE DESIRED HEIGHT ABOVE THE DECKING SURFACE.

4 - INSTALL THE SUPPLIED #10 X 1.500 LONG SCREWS INTO THE ANGLED FLANGES OF THE BRACKET INTO THE POST UTILIZING

(4) SCREWS PER BRACKET. REPEAT THIS STEP FOR ALL 4 BRACKETS. (NOTE: WHEN USING ALUMINUM STIFFENERS INSIDE

THE POSTS, PRE-DRILLING MAY BE REQUIRED)

5 - INSTALL THE SUPPLIED #10 x 1.000 LONG SCREWS INTO THE SIDES OF THE BRACKET. INSURE THAT THE SCREW PLACEMENT

IS INTO THE KEYWAY HOLE CLOSEST TO THE POST. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THERMAL CONTRACTION OVER THE LIFE OF

THE SYSTEM. UTILIZE (4) SIDE SCREWS PER BRACKET FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE. REPEAT THIS STEP FOR ALL

4 BRACKETS.

NOTE: WHEN BEING INSTALLED WITH A BLUMOUNT POST MOUNT SYSTEM, USE THE 1" LONG SCREWS PROVIDED WITH THE

HARDWARE KITS PART NUMBERS 1368 AND 1369 IN PLACE OF THE 1-1/2" LONG SCREWS PROVIDED

3 PIECE BRACKET SYSTEM INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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3 PIECE BRACKET SYSTEM INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS #10 X 1.000 SCREWS OPENING BETWEEN POSTS #10 X 1.500 SCREWS 1/2" LESS THAN THE OPENING KEYWAY HOLE RESTING TABS 1 - BEGIN BY PRE-ASSEMBLEING THE RAILING SECTION ON THE GROUND. THE SECTION SHOULD BE CUT 1/2" SHORTER THAN THE LENGTH OF THE OPENING BETWEEN THE POSTS. 2 - PLACE ONE BRACKET ON EACH END OF BOTH THE UPPER AND THE LOWER RAILS. INSURE THAT THE RESTING TABS ARE FLUSH WITH THE BOTTOM OF EACH RAIL.
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3 PIECE BRACKET SYSTEM INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS T-RAIL COVER INSTALLATION 2 X 3-1/2 COVER INSTALLATION 1 - STRETCH THE T-RAIL TOP COVER OVER THE T SECTION OF THE RAIL AND SLIDE IT BACK AGAINST THE POST UNTIL IT SNAPS INTO THE BRACKET. 1 - HOLDING THE TOP 2 X 3-1/2 COVER FIRMLY AGAINST THE POST, SLIDE THE COVER DOWNWARD UNTIL IT SNAPS INTO THE BRACKET. 2 - HOLDING THE BOTTOM T-RAIL COVER FIRMLY AGAINST THE POST, SLIDE THE COVER UPWARD UNTIL IT SNAPS INTO THE BRACKET.