Gluing up the 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 clear redwood porch railing corner post. The post have a 1/2" round over radius that starts 6" from each end of the post.
1/2" radius round over stated 6" from the end of the post.
Erik putting in 1/4" x 3 1/4" Stainless Steel screws in the IPE decking sleepers.
Porch railing primed.
We started off using the IPE hidden fasteners, but there wasn't anything hidden about the IPE fasteners. So we're drilling out the fase of the IPE decking for the IPE plugs.
We're using 5/4 Trex decking for the porch sub-fascia.
We need to buy more cordless drills! You need 3 cordless drills per-person.
Erik using the rotary rebar cutter drill bit to cut thru the rebar for the 2x2x 1/4" tubular steel stair railing post.
Tried the router on a stick to cut the radius decking on the steps. It split the IPE decking and we had to replace a couple of the radius boards.
Ridgid worm-drive saw screwed to a radius stick.
Ridgid worm-drive saw screwed to a radius stick. Worked really well. Nice clean radius cut on the IPE decking.
The three radius steps were framed as a polygon. I took the arc length of the center step and divided by 5. This left 1 3/4" overhang in the middle of each piece of the IPE decking nosing. 1" of stair nosing and 3/4" for the Azek skirt board.
The polygon miter angle of each piece of the radius nosing was 8°.
Brian getting ready to cut the IPE radius nosing on the lower step with the saw screwded to the box that is attached to the radius stick.
Erik installing IPE plugs. Only 4,000 more plugs to go.
Radius box.
We used a 60 tooth blade to cut the IPE radius nosing.
We cut 6" off the height of the radius box for the center step.
Radius stick.
After we cut the radius nosing, we un-screwed the IPE radius nosing and installed biscuts at each of the joints. After the glue dried we used a 1/8" radius bit in the router to round over the top and bottom of the radius nosing.
2x2x 1/4" tubular steel stair railing post installed.
Radius Azek skirt board installed with stainless steel screws, with the Azek skirt board corners glued.
The Azek skirt board sure does get dirty easily.
We pictured framed the entire IPE deck. All the pictured framed corners were glue together with 2 biscuts. I was going to use splines at the picture framed corners, but the boys voted aginst the splines. Saying it would take to long.
Ready for IPE plugs.
2x2x1/4 tubular steel post installed.
1x2x1/4" stair railing bottom rail welded to the post for the 20# LF vertical load on the stair hand railing.
5/8" x 8" all thread rods epoxied into cement stairs with 7" embedment.
We put a metal blade on our corbel band saw to cut the 2x2x1/4" steel stair railing post. It took two people to hold the corbel band saw in the horizontal position.
After the stair railing is painted, we'll install a stained IPE top hand railing cap. The redwood stair hand railing is 42" high and the grippable hand rail is 34" high.
Grippable hand railing with 12" return and returned into the railing so that you can't get your shirt caught on the hand railing.
The front porch 2x4 PT sleepers attached to the concrete with Stainless steel cement screws.
Brian having fun with the polyurethane we were using on the T&G IPE decking.
Watch out for the polyurethane.
A couple hundred IPE plugs to cut off.
Guest bedroom IPE decking.
IPE hand rail installed. Nice contrast betweet the IPE color and the white railing.
Basement stair guard railing with handrailing post base covers. The post base covers are made out of Azek, pvc.
Azek post base covers nailed and glued together. The post base covers are upside down hoppers. Or right side up roof sheathing cuts.
Post base to post base.
Love the contrast of the IPE handrail and the white railing.
The painters sanding and puttying the columns.
