Deck Railing Finished

 Clayton getting ready to assemble the railing

 It was a while coming, but we're thrilled to have our deck railing finally in and complete. It looks great and impedes our view as little as the building code allows! Clayton, from Renovation 911, had the railings custom made from black, powder coated aluminum to fit our deck precisely. With all the weird angles there were no "off the shelf" posts that would do the trick.

Almost finished across the front.

Clayton had planned to come on Saturday morning but again, the weather stepped in with lots of rain soaking everything. He said he needed 4 hours of dry weather while he did the installation to ensure that everything stayed waterproof. We postponed until today (Monday) as the forecast was for a dry day and that's what we got. Dry with sun trying to burn off some high clouds - perfect working conditions. Clayton and Alex (his helper) managed to get everything completed in the 4 hours he had guestimated.
Finally, it's nice not to have to worry about stuff blowing off the deck, given the crappy weather again this summer. Hopefully, we get a few warm sunny days now so we have the chance to enjoy our deck.

All done! It looks great.

We had the guys put a gate on the railing right by the back door. It's not that we needed a gate, but since at least one side of the deck is always in the shade, we thought it would be nice to leave the dogs out there occasionally where they wouldn't be able to leave the house, but would be outside.

North side deck showing the gate.