May/June 2007
by Kim and Linda Katwijk
With steel rods and stock rails, you can build a safe and profitable balustrade.
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Rod Railings With steel rods and stock rails, you can build a safe and profitable balustrade Kim and Linda Katwijk Cable railing has a wonderful, inconspicuous look, but it also has a few drawbacks. For one, horizontal cables form a ladder that is dangerous for children to climb. And although vertical cables are safer, installation is more challenging: It's labor intensive, there are more cables to tighten, and it can be difficult to build rails that are stout enough to resist the tension. After I installed vertical cable railing on two decks, I knew there had to be another option.
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