Aluminum Railing Installation Guide

Product specifications
Installation Manual

Glass Railing
Spindle Railings
Intimacy Railings and Panels

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 This information in this guide will help you to…

• Better understand our product line.

• Give you guidelines for an easier planning process.
• Help make the installation easier..

Know the regulations before planning your project…

In regard to the height requirements it’s best to call your municipal town hall
and your insurance company to find out what is required in different situations.

Examples as a general guideline…

42’’ to 48’’ required
42’’ required depending on
All multi unit or municipal regulation
Commercial
buildings
36’’ required
No railing required Single Family

Less than 24’’ Along side a

Less than 60’’ swimming pool

60’’ and more

Railings for Kindergarten CLEARANCE

or playground require Passage way clearance for
the spacing of spindles stair railings.
(3’’) and the spacing
between floor (3’’) Main entrance Min 36’’

This will be a custom Service entrance Min 30’’

order.

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 General information for our Railing products and options…
All our railing are cut to length and pre-assembled as per your specifications
including all the screws and accessories to ready for installation.

Railings come pre-assembled Posts , caps, bases and

wrapped in Styrofoam screws are packed in a box.
and cellophane.

Which screws for what application

Railing section assembly
Railing Adapter for wood columns
Philips driver
5/16 Hex driver required
or square
required

2 ½ in wood screw
(Included)
No# 10-16 X 1“
Self drilling screw

Post in wood or Resin floor Post in cement floor

3/8 Hex driver 3/8 Hex driver
required required

Wood screw Titen screw

Post in aluminum floor

3/8 Hex driver
required

Self drilling screw

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 Planning your project…
Railing option configurations.

Standard Configuration Continual Handrail Configuration

Spindles or Glass Spindles or Glass
Each section is divide by Intermediate posts are
a post. installed under the hand rail.

Standard Double
Handrail Configuration Continual Double
Spindles or Glass
Handrail Configuration
Each section has an
added handrail on top. Spindles or Glass
Another handrail is added.
Sections longer than 40’’
Will require 2 extended
spindles per section.

Standard Heights
Extended spindle support
36’’, 42’’, 48’’
Sections longer than 72’’ inches
60’’inches
require 1 extended spindle.

Custom Heights
12’’ to 84’’inches

Spacing
Glass Railing length
Spindles are spaced
at 3 15/16’’ Maximum length for glass
panel is 60’’inches
Space between the
Glass thickness 6mm
floor and bottom rail
Tempered
should be 3 15/16’’
(In Ontario 3’’)

Intimacy Panel

Aluminum Panel Railings

Standard size 72’’ x 60’’
All Railings configuration
option can be made with Custom Sizes also
aluminum intimacy panels. Available

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 All about the offset spacing …
Positioning you Posts and or Columns
Wood, Aluminum
Cement structure
or Steel Structure Wall or Column
Leave 1-5/8’’
Leave 1-5/8’’ Leave 2-5/8’’ to 3’’ between the
between the face of between the face of face of the post
the post and the side the post and the side and the wall.
of the structure. of the structure.

In case of existing columns

In case of a beam under Existing columns will

the roof ceiling where determine the position
columns will be used… of the posts.
CENTER
Normally the post
and railing would be
centered to columns
but to gain more floor
The column is to be space the railings can
centered to the beam be optionally moved
at the top and this will offset to the outside.
determine the rest of
the post positions.

CENTER OFFSET
to to
column outside

Cement Steps, S-100

or Wood Steps S-500 steps

Leave 0’’ between

Leave 2-5/8’’ to 3’’ the face of the post
between the face of and the side of the
the post and the side steps.
of the steps.

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Calculating your project…
Example 4 Roof with a ceiling beam & columns

Measuring between 2 fixed

columns.

Validate that the columns are

straight using a level

2nd Take 1st 4’’ off the floor

Take 2nd height of the railing

1st 36’’ or 42’’off the floor. Use the
shortest length measured.

When ordering railings with attachment bars, a

tight fitment can be challenging with fixed wood
columns.

The columns must be perfectly straight and

square to one another.

Another option would

be to install posts
between the columns.

Railings of 42 '' and over

require additional support. We
use a Wall Bracket to solidify
the Post and also serves as an
additional safety measure.

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 TIPS: Installing your project…
The following tips will apply to your installation.

TIP: Use caulking or silicone around the

inside of the cap before installing.

TIP: Assemble all of

your sections before
bolting the post down
to the floor.
TIP: Use caulking or
This will allow you to silicone around the
reposition the railing if inside the locking holes.
necessary.

TIP: Use 2 wooden

Blocks 3’’ high
as a spacer while
assembling the railing.
TIP: The holes in the
attachment bar are
pre- drilled.

Use as many screws as

there are holes

TIP: Use adjustable

clamps to properly
secure the railing in
place.

This will insure the

railing is perfectly TIP: Don’t force the
centered screws too over tighten
when screwing into
aluminum flooring or steps.

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 Installing your railing step by step…
Place 1 screw per hole along
the attachment bar.

No# 10-16 X 5/8“

Self drilling screw

There might not be a hole, but

add 1 extra screw at the very
top.
Step 1 Start assembling the railing to the post at
the FRONT corner of the balcony.

Due to the slope in the balcony floor, you can

Step 2 Install the post on the opposite side. Step 3
start with a block but use a level for the railing
36’’ or 42’’

Level Line

Max 4’’ of Slope line

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 Optional: Installing your railings step by step…

1/2’’ Cut 1’’Cut

2

1
1’’ 1/2’’

Before completing the installation , you may cut the post on the slope side so
Step 4
that they are all the same height.

1. First measure the slope height at each post.

2. Then transfer that measure to the post on the opposing side and cut.

Step 5 Complete the installation of the section using the modified posts.

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Installing your railings step by step…

Installing a continuous hand rail.

The installation process is basically the

same except that the intermediate post
will pass beneath the hand rail allowing
fore an uninterrupted continuous hand rail

You will need to cut the post so that the top of

the post the same height as the underside of the
handrail.

Complete the
installation by
clipping the
continuous
handrail over the
top of the 2
sections.

The fit should be

fairly tight so as
not to see
through to the
other side

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 Installing your railings step by step…

Once the sections are assembled validate the offset. Reposition the railing if
Step 6
necessary then start fixing the posts.

Step 7

Be sure that the post remains

level as you tighten the screws
down on the base.

Use washers or other material

on hand to shim the base plate.

TIP: Installing attachment bar cap

(3)
(2)
1. Insert the cap into the railing at
(1) the top.
2. Fit the clip in on one side.
3. Using a piece of wood and a
hammer gently clip in the
opposing side from top to the
bottom.

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 Install the post to the S-500 stringer…

Screw the angle with 2 screws into the

Install the post to the railing. side of the stringer and 2 screws into the
center of the post.

Drill 2 holes through the

stringer Srew the angle 2 self drilling
srews through the holes into
the post .

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 Installing your stair railings step by step…

IMPORTANT NOTE:
When attempting to install your angled railing
on the steps, you may come across this issue
where the angle on the railing is quite
different than the angle of the steps.

SOLUTION: To remedy this issue,

stand the railing up on its end and
force downwards so the railing
assumes its original shape,
As the railing is passed through the wrapping machine, the pressure
of the wrapping will compress the railing therefore changing the
angle.

Step 1
Start at the top of the
NOTE: Keep a vertical
stairs going down.
space of 36” between
the top edge of the
step and the top of the
railing if building
according to the code.

Step 3
Step 2
Complete the installation
Place the intermediate of the last section and
post against the railing post.
and mark a diagonal Cut the post to the right
cutting line following the height.
underside of the railing
and cut the post.

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 Installing a gate…

2 Install the gate to

the hinges
3 Install the lock
1 Install
the post
the hinges to

For a gate with a width of 36’’ the

opening needs to be:
The top of the gate post should be Regular hinges 36-3/4’’
4 installed ¼ lower than the railing
posts
Pool Hinges 37-1/4’’

Width 36’’

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Aluminum Glass Railing with
Continuous Handrail

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SPINDLE RAILING
1 Hand Rail 8 Post
2 Top Channel 9 Vis auto foreuse
3 Self Drilling Screw 10 Bottom Channel
4 Post Cap 11 Channel Cap
5 Spindle 12 Screw Cap
6 Attachment Bar Cap 13 Post Plate
7 Attachment Bar 14 Plate Screw

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Intimacy Panel Assembly
Instructions

Distributed by:
M.C.M.E.L. Inc.
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 What's included in the box…

2x
2x 1x
2x

8x 1x

1x Cut 2-1/4’’
2x F
14x Full size

A-3’’ inch Post G-Handrail

B-Attachment clip H-Top channel
C-Clip cover I-Intimacy panel
D-Post cap J-Attachment bar screw
20x 36x E-Screw cap K-Intimacy panel screw
F-Post base

Required Tools

Hex Bit Phillips Bit Spirit level

Mallet

Drill
Block of wood
Measure tape
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 The front post and the back will
be assembled differently
due to the slope in the floor.

Back Post

Front Post Slope Line

STEP-1

Measure the height Front Slope Example 1/2’’ Back

Of the slope at the Post Post
Deduct the slope
Distance from the 3’’ – 2-1/2 = 1/2’’
wall to the front post.

1/2’’
3’’

2-
Slope Example 1/2’’

FRONT POST: Screw the

STEP-2 attachment bar to the post 4’’ off
the bottom of the plate.

Install the attachment

bar so as to mirror
one another

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 TIP* You can use
STEP-3 washers to shim the
post to stay level.

Make sure the

post is level.

Install the back

post 1 ½’’ from Screw the post into
the wall. 1 ½’’ the floor.

Place the first panel at the Add the front post

STEP-4 STEP-5
bottom and screw it into its and screw it into
place. place.

I A
L

STEP-6 STEP-7
Insert the rest of the panels
and screw them into place. Place the channel on the top
H

Screw the channel

into place.

Clip on the hand rail

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 Clip on the screw cover
STEP-8 STEP-9
using the mallet

Install the
post caps

Leave a space
at the top

C
Leave it
even at
the bottom TIP: Use caulking or silicone around
The inside of the cap before installing.

STEP-10
TIP: Use caulking or silicone
to seal the drilled hole.

Install the screw cap

E

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Intimacy Panel

No# DESCRIPTION
A Post
B Attachment Bar
C Attachment Bar Cap
D Post Cap
E Screw Cap
F Post Plate
G Hand Rail
H Channel
I Intimacy Panel
J Vis auto foreuse
K Panel Screw
L Post Plate Screw

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