Installation Guide

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SELECT RAILING
HOW TO INSTALL COCKTAIL RAILING
TREX SELECT
Important: ON LY 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 145.
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
145.
5. Attaching Foot Block to Bottom Railing
See instructions on page 145.
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 (top side of deck
board face down) on
clean, flat surface.
(DO NOT use Enhance
scalloped profile or
Escapes 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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