Thread: Welding Question

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

221 x both ends = 442 welds!!!!! x 3/4x 3.14== inches of stinky weld

8 hr day x 60 min =480 minutes/day

one weld per minute -couple potty breaks=====

Ahhh shucks just tear the deck off the house

Ya' know Jerry, I had not put the numbers to it like that, and you did not put in time for squaring each spindle, prep, etc. In fact, I had not actually totalled up the spindle count until I was looking at the "come back" to Gary's friendly poke I awoke this morning with the thought of using my metal posts, but getting some pre-fab hanger pieces for rail section 2x4's and replicating what I had originally out of composite material to eliminate maintenance and rot. Going to visit with the metal guy to price out some square bar stock spindles and punching holes in channels for setup/spacing, and to the home/decking supply place to compare prices on the replication way. I may owe 1Gary a beer or two for making me look at another angle for this railing project, but the jury's still out. I'm also listening to all the good comments about the headaches, etc from the stinky welds, and I appreciate the input.

Now enough about deck projects or this is going to start being like one of those "other" places that has more discussions about home owner projects than hot rods Thanks for all the help, guys!

Not to be a spoil sport but if this is a railing around a deck OR any other for that mater.... you should check with a local contractor in your area.. There are codes for spacing spindels as to many kids have hung themselves from them. Around here if I remember right a baseball should not fit. But I haven't put up a deck in 10 years, but good thing to check an inspector can ruin your day if you have to redo it when half done.

Originally Posted by cffisher

Not to be a spoil sport but if this is a railing around a deck OR any other for that mater.... you should check with a local contractor in your area.. There are codes for spacing spindels as to many kids have hung themselves from them. Around here if I remember right a baseball should not fit. But I haven't put up a deck in 10 years, but good thing to check an inspector can ruin your day if you have to redo it when half done.

That's true. Your local building dept should have the specs - though you might find that you should have gotten a building permit first (if you don't have one).
Our balusters (New York State Code) are supposed to be 4" max edge to edge apart. I'm at 5", but height from the ground is within the distance of not even being required (30")

Originally Posted by cffisher

Not to be a spoil sport but if this is a railing around a deck OR any other for that mater.... you should check with a local contractor in your area.. There are codes for spacing spindels as to many kids have hung themselves from them. Around here if I remember right a baseball should not fit. But I haven't put up a deck in 10 years, but good thing to check an inspector can ruin your day if you have to redo it when half done.

Charlie, that's excellent advice, and I'm aware of the local codes for decks. Here the maximum spacing for spindles is 4", with railings not less than 36". I am replicating the spacing of the rail system that was on the deck originally, just using metal vs wood to minimize future maintenance. We are outside of the municipalities, out in the county, so any of the local city nuances are not applicable, but I'm in compliance anyway.

i weld in a factory and we do alot of work on galvanized metal. if you do get sick from the fumes off the galvanized metal drink a crap load of milk and it will cure it pretty quick. just a tip

It dosen't cost anything to ask. Compliance it up to you.. BUT if I did somthing that caused a kid to get hurt I don't think I could live with that.