Deck railing placement.

[tgidave]

Hi,

 

Is there a way to attach the railing of a deck to the outside of the joist instead of on top of the planking?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Dave

[Elovia]

I messed around with modeling deck railing attached to a fascia board back in 2009 on the old forum.

 

http://hometalk.homedesignersoftware.com/showthread.php?15329-direction-of-the-decking&p=64409#post64409

 

As Eric mentions ... yes, it can be done but not easily.  Although if you have practice with the tools, it isn't all that hard either.  The downside is that doing it the way described in the linked post doesn't allow you to easily modify the size of deck or relocate the railing if you need.  Such is the life using custom details.

 

Good luck.

[tgidave]

Thanks to both of you!  I will give this a try.

 

Thanks again,

 

Dave