Installing Vinyl Railing On Concrete

Using a rented core drill you can drill a hole through your concrete slab for each fence post.

Installing vinyl railing on concrete.

Set the base plate under the post. Concrete that holds the posts needs time to harden before the installation can be finished. Lay out the fence. Make sure that the holes are 10 inches in diameter and deep enough to hold the length of your post plus 6 inches for a layer of gravel.

Some vinyl railing installations need a 4 by 4 pressure treated post with a vinyl post sleeve placed over top. Plan the location of the fence carefully and you ll avoid costly mistakes that might be difficult to undo. Installing a vinyl fence on a slope requires the use of the step method. The fence gradually steps up the slope so that each bay section is.

Bolt the post mount on to concrete or wood and then place a vinyl post sleeve over the mount. When installing a post on a concrete patio or wood deck you will need a post mount. Although few do it yourselfers relish the prospect of a weekend spent mixing hundreds of pounds of concrete and digging numerous post holes most can handle a vinyl fence installation. Light weight design makes installation fast and easy.

Attach the first post to the house wall with the mounting brackets one near the top rail and one just above the baluster rail baseline. Step 4 attach your porch railing to a concrete floor. When installing a fence on an existing concrete pad some fence installers prefer to core drill through the concrete and set posts the traditional way embedded in concrete underground. Plan your fence and follow the rules photo 1.

Below grade and pack in soil on top of the wet concrete. Plumb the posts and. Otherwise stop filling the holes with concrete about 4 in. To install a vinyl fence start by using a power auger or a post hole digger to dig the holes for your fence posts.

Installing a vinyl fence. Stretch a string line tightly along the proposed fence run locate the corner posts and dig 3 ft deep postholes.