Monday, April 14, 2014

Maryland Code For Deck Railings

Links found in the recent search for the standards to upgrade Dad's deck to.

Best so far, a graphic from Anne Arundel County:

http://www.aacounty.org/IP/Resources/2012_Deck_Guide.pdf

The most complete graphic ever, this shows The Spheres:

http://www.marylandheights.com/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=5199

Text only description of the code, including The Spheres, and also the 200lb side force standard. With a URL of decks.com I would have expects this to be better:

https://www.decks.com/deckbuilding/Deck_Railing_Codes

Another awesome URL, inspectipedia.com. General essay about railing safety including cable railings, with photos of railing fails:

http://inspectapedia.com/BestPractices/Deck_Railings.htm

A contractor's chat room on the subject of IRC and railings:

http://www.contractortalk.com/f50/irc-deck-guardrailing-codes-more-55632/

Some nice graphics showing the standard method for making deck railings:

http://www.handymanhowto.com/how-to-build-a-2x6-porch-rail-part-1/

A discussion of deck railing height and the 200lb standard:

http://landscaping.about.com/od/decksandarbors/a/deck_railings_3.htm

A chat room about using lattice for railings:

http://www.contractortalk.com/f50/lattice-railing-48566/

Just a cute online magazine article about fancy deck railing ideas:

http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/deck/ideas/deck-railings/#page=1