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Cablerailings
With Wooden, Aluminum and Stainless posts
Revised 01/12/06
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| This photo shows a popular style of aluminum railing with stainless cable installed instead of glass or pickets.
Note: All small photos with a blue border are a link to a separate page showing more photos of this installation |
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| Thumbnail to the right shows a walkway through a great room in a new home in the foothills east of Seattle, WA.
There are two exterior decks and the job was done with 3/16 stainless cable. The frame was a custom hammer gray powder coat.
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| Thumbnail to the right shows a waterfront deck on Vashon Island, WA near Seattle, WA, but could be on your deck
anywhere you have the need for cable instead of glass, wooden or metal pickets for the infill panels.
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| Thumbnail to the right is within view of the Pacific Ocean in Ocean Shores Washington. You can almost smell the salt water and feel the sand on your feet! Plenty of photos to view.
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| Thumbnail to the right is a view of the Pacific Ocean in California. This was a deck rebuilt by the retired homeowner using wooden posts.
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| Thumbnail to the right is a link to the Geauga Nature Center site near Cleveland, Ohio showing a very nice new
viewing platform built by the Park District.
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| Thumbnail to the right is link to a page showing a recent (March 2003) deck remodel near
Silverdale, WA with a beautiful view of the Olympic Mountains looking over Hood Canal.
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| Thumbnail to the right is link to a page showing a recent deck remodel in Gig Harbor, WA with a nice
tranquil view of harbor from the NW end of the harbor.
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| The photo to the right shows an island cabin with a new deck and cable railing. The cable railing turned
out nicely as you can see. |
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| The photo to the right shows another wooden post system on a cabin, but in Montana. Cable was installed
over a weekend (8/9-10/03) by an architect and her brother. Total run was 80ft. with 4 each 45 deg. corners.
With the use of our stainless sleeves in the corner posts, the cable flowed smoothly when tightened from both
ends on either side of the house using our CA1010 assembly. |
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| The photo to the right shows a large metal framed cable system near the Tacoma Narrow bridge. The color was a nice match for
the house and the cable almost disappears in the background making the cable and frame a perfect match for this house in that location.
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| The photo to the right shows a customer installed metal framed system in Gig Harbor, WA. This is the same product as shown
above and even the same color. The setting is different and is on salt water shoreline with a nice view of the water and boats in the
background. This was a side mounted application instead of a top mounted as shown above, but uses the same CA1010 cable assembly. |
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| The photo to the right shows a nice comparison between a glass and picket system and a cable system using the same aluminum frame.
The glass and picket system with gates was done about two years before the cable system. The cable system used the
CA1010 cable assembly. Both can be seen easily from the street in North Tacoma by Pt. Defiance Park. |
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| The photo to the right shows a nicely done wooden framed cable system with special attention to the stair and level changes in the
deck. The stair transition from deck surface is especially worthy of note resulting in some very smooth lines and natural look. No
exposed turnbuckles or extra hardware, just a nice smooth flow of cable down the steps. |
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| The photo to the right shows another wooden framed cable railing system on a custom home in Gig Harbor, WA |
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| The photo to the right shows a very nice stainless frame with cables on a home in Olympia, WA.
Application of stainless in this setting is worth looking at. |
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| The photo to the right is a good shot of our stainless spreader used in a wooden system in Middleburg, OH |
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| The photo to the right shows a nice stainless post system with one continuous cable around a corner and
up a short flight of stairs. Wooden top rail looks very nice. |
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| The photo to the right shows a similar stainless post system that fits well with the marine envirnment and landscaping. |
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| The photo to the right shows another elegant application of stainless. This time in a stairway setting. |
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| The photo to the right shows another very nice application of stainless cable railing with stainless posts. This home
is on a bluff overlooking the salt water harbor in Tacoma, WA as you can see by the ships in the background. |
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| The photo to the right shows a unique setting for an elegant yet simple stainless cable railing system in Belize, Central
America. |
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| The photo to the right shows a unique use of stainless cable on an interior curved railing system in a home on Mercer Island,
WA. |
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| This photos shows a very nice deck done in Montana summer of 2005 with matching furniture and the use
of spreaders for the cable. |
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| This photos shows a cable railing on a B&B in Soldotna, AK done during summer of 2005. Rooms are available! You might
see a moose checking you out through the cable. |
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| This photos shows a wooden top rail on our normal aluminum posts. Makes for a distinct look to the railing and looks
very nice especially with other similar wood on the deck. Similar applicatons with stainless posts are shown on this web site. |
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| You can see a railing with the Olympic Mountains in the background. |
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| Link to the right will take you to a page on "Spreaders". |
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| A home in Gig Harbor, WA with water view. A brown railing to match the home colors and not interfere with the view of the water
on south Puget Sound. |
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| A system showing how an elevation change was handled when using the aluminum railing and cable. |
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| A nice application of cable on a long stairway system done in San Diego, CA. Note the smooth flow of the cable and the pattern
that it presents to the viewer. The first photo in upper left of linked page looks like a piece of art and in affect it is. |
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| Question: How well to the hand crimped fittings hold up? Take a look at these photos from a job close to us near Bremerton, WA on the
Hood Canal. Beautiful scenery, but occasional strong winds going up the canal |
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| This is the first photo of a group of aluminum railings using unpainted framing members. More photos coming in from completed jobs.
Note the look of the system as compared to a painted system. The look is "Industrial", but very nice especially if used with stainless
accents as is done here with metal steps which complete the desired look. |
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| This project shows quite a bit of railing on a home in Seattle near the Space Needle with territorial views. This due simply to
the size was an on going remodel project over many months. Use of decks greatly enhances the Space Needle side of the home. All decks were
waterproofed for protection from rain. |
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| Thumbnail to the right is a photo of the normal way we install a side mounted tubular Alumarail Post
using 2 stainless bolts or lags.
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| Thumbnail to the right is a scanned photo of the 4 standard colors available with the Alumarail system. The gray and green are two
of the many other colors available.
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| Thumbnail to the right is a photo of a mock-up of a wooden system using cedar posts. Discussion is on cable spacing
in wooden, aluminum and steel systems.
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| Thumbnail to the right is a photo of a cable tension gauge originally used on sailboat rigging. It is very sensitive and
works well on cablerailings. We have these in stock. |
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| The drawing on the right will link you to some small drawings explaining wooden post details |
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| The picture on the right is copied from a fitting catalog and may tend to confuse rather than inform if you let the initial
detail overwhelm you. We see over 80 % of our cable applications use only 5 or 6 end fittings which are called out in the next listing.
The "Deck Toggle Turnbuckle" on the right side is mis-labeled and is actually a "Deck Terminal", a common fitting used for "Face" mounts
(See photo #4) or angled applications. |
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| The picture on the right is a sales sample showing a reduced number of fittings which as mentioned above will most likely do
the majority of any architectural railing project. It will take you to a page explaining the fittings shown. |
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| The picture on the right shows several cable assemblies that are the most popular with cable railings if using marine quality
fittings (sailing rigging). Click on the photo and it will take you to a detail page explaining the cable assemblies and to a link
that will take you to a large photo (382K) that you will have to scroll around on the screen to see, but allows very clear detail
of the fittings for discussion with us on what you need or to assist you with deciding your needs from basic to elegant depending
on the end results you desire. |
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| The photo to the right takes you to a page showing the new low profile
top rail infill section. |
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| The photo to the right shows a single corner post used in a steel application. This is a test
rig we made in the shop and it proves that you can run cable through a single corner post (in this case steel)
if the cable and fitting layout allow proper tightening. |
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| The link to the right will take you to the tool page |
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Tools |
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| The link to the right will take you to the cable pricing page |
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Cable Pricing |
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