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Here's the railing I did on my house. It's all treated. I ripped the bottom rail at an angle to shed water. Both top and bottom rails are two piece affairs to hide the screws. One coat of primer and two color coats in two seperate colors. All spindles caulked in and hand cut-in with a brush. 166 spindles total. It was a job.
If we didn't want the colors we'd have probably gone PVC for the low maintenance aspect. I don't like the stuff, but I'm sure not looking forward to repainting.
Rob
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Wow, beautiful house! two pieces for top and bottom railing?
Yes, each rail is two pieces. The piece that the spindles attach to and another. On the top rail, you don't really see the sub-rail as the cap pretty much covers it. The spindles are glued/screwed through the sub-rail then the cap rail is glued/screwed from below to hide the screws.
On the bottom, the visible part of the rail is the sub-rail also. Screws run from below into the spindles. Then another rail is screwed below, more for rigidity than anything else. Also gave me more shadow lines, an important element in a victorian.
Our last house also had porch railing but the bottom rail was flat. Rotted quickly so this time I went with the treated and the angle. Each spindle is cut at the same angle on the bottom only. Tops are all flat cut since the cap rail sheds the water. Rob
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