Installation Guide

Cutting Panels
• Always design your layout to minimize the number of panels that need to be cut.
• For best results use a circular saw with a fine tooth carbide tipped blade.
• For best results cut a equal amount from each end of panel.
• Cut one end of panel at a time. Only cut the second end of panel after the Athens Poly-Loc Clip has been reinstalled.
• To Remove Poly-Loc Clip, rotate clip downward and pinch to disengage from rail.
Notching and Trimming Rails
• Cut rail ends must be notched to fit in post. Use aviation snips to make the cuts and file cuts clean.
• A 1/4” diameter hole must be drilled through vertical legs of rail for reinstalling the Poly-Loc Clip.
• See drawing below for notch and hole locations
• Apply two coats of Fortress zinc based touch-up paint to the cut area. Allow paint to dry.
• Reinstall Poly-Loc Clip into rail. Insert the longer pin on Poly-Loc Clip for easier installation.
• Corner posts might require rail ends to be trimmed for clearance. Trim rails as shown.
Center
of Panel
Panel Cut
1
Panel Cut
2
Poly-Loc Clip
Pinch
Point
Pinch
Point
3/8”
3/8”
1/4”
1/2”
1/4” DIA.
Rail Fabrication
Poly-Loc Clip
Trim rails to allow
for clearance
Install Panel into
higher post first
2” x 2” Post
Rail
Rail
Best Practices
• Install panel into one post at a time. Install Bottom Rail first.
• Install several panels into posts before leveling panels and filling
holes with concrete.
• Panels rake in one direction. If you feel resistance when raking the
panel you are raking panel in the wrong direction.
• If slope requires panel to be raked, install the high side of panel into
post first and rake the panel down before installing in lower post.
• If screws are used to secure rails into post, use a #14 X 1-1/2”
Self-drilling sheet metal screw.
Slope
Rake Panel down
3/8”
1/8”
#12 X 1-1/2” Self-drilling
sheet metal screw