You will need to separate the interlock on the siding and place a piece of wood behind the siding and then re do the interlock.
How to attach deck railing to vinyl siding.
Then tack the ledger into place with 16d nails.
Attaching deck railing posts.
The homes are sold with the sliding glass door installed for the future deck to be added.
How to attach a railing to vinyl siding step 1.
Cut a rectangle in the vinyl siding long enough for the angle bracket to fit through with vinyl siding snips.
Drill pilot holes through the openings on the bracket through the exterior surface of the house and into the sheathing.
I m not very happy as my old wooden deck had posts on corners.
Install undersill trim along the edge of the vinyl over the flashing at the top and bottom.
The builder also appeared to have cut out small area of vinyl siding bottom beam of railing and secured into siding with 1 small screw and silicone around area.
The weakest link is not the post to rim joist connection but the rim joist to the floor framing.
How to attach a railing to vinyl siding 1.
He did this as opposed to adding end posts by the house and attaching banister an railings to posts.
The problem is that the railing post acts like a lever exerting a very large force on the connection at the bottom.
Pop the cut piece of.
This renders the siding vulnerable to moisture and voids the warranty even if you seal the hole.
Even better would be a piece of bevel siding.
Slide a rail bracket into the template you made for the.
Measure and mark the spot where the bottom of the railing will attach to the vinyl siding with a pencil.
Attach handrail to vinyl siding w o crushing siding.
It doesn t look like much but works.
Hold the bottom rail at the desired height on the vinyl siding.
Possibly 1 2 inch plywood will work.
If you want to hang something from your vinyl siding don t even think about drilling through it to attach a hook to the sheathing.
Nail j channel along both sides of the cutout.
Hold a deck railing mount bracket on the spot you marked on the wall.