How to plan a cable railing project?

• Appearance

Modern home designs have gradually lost interest in wood and iron baluster in the past years, stainless steel cable is an ideal substitute for these traditional infills. The color and the style of railing components should go with your house design. For our customers who have higher standards on appearance, they like to choose invisible fittings. And customers who like industrial style they might like open-turnbuckle fitting. In a word, you could customize the cable railing to your favorite style.

• Project condition

Interior and exterior cable railing systems could be different on rust-proof capability. If you live at the coastal area you should choose T316 stainless materials otherwise they might get rusted after one year. 

• Project structure

Firstly you could divide the project into several sections. Then choose components according to the section type, horizontal or angled rail, wood or metal post,1/8 or 3/16 and so on. We have cataloged them. Just click the product menu to find them. You could also use the tag filters on the collection page to find what you need quickly.

• Code Requirements

First and foremost, all cable railing should be built in accordance with local railing codes if there are any. There are not complicated, generally is about proper post & cable spacing. But it is important to make your railing strong and safe. And make sure they can pass the test of local house inspector if there are related rules in your state.

• Watch some videos

Watch some videos of cable railing before you start the work, which will effectively reduce the chance of mistakes. You can find the video of each product on its page of this website. You could also find them on our youtube channel.