Pergola Brackets for 4×4 post mount for handrail and guard rail.
Hi,
I have to move some 4×4 posts on a deck 6 feet above grade. One for a handrail that will sit on stone and scissor on the opposite side with the stringer and one for a guardrail that will sit on a rim joist and scissor on the same side with the rim joist. I have issues with space. I saw these brackets and wanted to use them:
for the handrail: I was gonna screw through the top flared flange holes into stone using 1/4 concrete anchors about 1 3/4 inch deep. How would I attach the part that scissors to the stringer? Do I need blocking or screwing it into a just the stringer is enough. I can fit 1/4 inch screws into three holes to scissor.
for the guard rail: I was gonna screw (1/4 inch screws ) into a rim joist through the top and side. How deep? 4 holes on top and three holes on the side.
Any Best recommendations for this specific situation.
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It's not likely that the method you're considering will meet the code-mandated lateral force imposed at the top of the posts.
To provide a more appropriate method to secure your posts, one would need to know more about how the deck is constructed. Pics would be very helpful.
I didn’t get past the scissor part.
I was thinkin it's OP's word for "Sistering".
Well you stand sharper than I.
You could qualify as a “mind reader”!
Thanks.
I'm not so sure you're correct in that assessment. Logical guess perhaps, but definitely not a mind reader. Just ask my bride - can never correctly read her mind.
sorry I meant sistering. I have added some pictures, The attachment points would be from above into the stone (handrail bracket) or the top of the rim joist (guardrail bracket) as well as through the side into the stringer (handrail post) or rim joist (guard rail post).
I get the impression from a previous response that this would not be adequate, and I would need to add at a "tension tie" system ("Simpson dttz2") on the blocking of the stringer and joist ( perpendicular to the guardrail rim board) . I just was hoping with 7 attachment point ( 4 on top and 3 on the side) I could avoid the tension tie system.