May/June 2007
Railing connections and 500-pound sideloads; notching posts; lab testing rail posts
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QUESTION & ANSWER Post-Connection Demos at DeckExpo by Andy Engel Hands-on clinics on guardrail attachment at this year's DeckExpo showcased research first published in JLC Â- and raised a number of questions from show attendees. Some were left thinking that these new techniques were overkill, particularly since the load testing, as done in the JLC article and demonstrated by one of the exhibitors, DeckLok, was applied to a single post that wasn't installed as part of a balustrade. Another worry was that the techniques would enter the code as prescriptive measures, driving up costs for legitimate contractors, and making it
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