Deck Railing in Portland, OR & the Metro Area

New railings, replacement railings and loose posts made solid again, in wood, aluminum, cable or glass. Serving Portland, Lake Oswego, Happy Valley and surrounding communities.

A deck railing has one main job: keep people from falling off. Looks come second, but they matter too, since the railing is the first thing you see on a deck. The choices are wood, which is warm and simple; aluminum, which is low upkeep and slim; cable, which keeps the view open; and glass, which hides nothing at all. Many Portland decks mix them, like a cedar top rail over cable or metal balusters.

The weak point of most railings is the post connection. Older decks often have posts notched and bolted to the outside of the rim joist with just a couple of bolts. After years of wet weather, the wood around those bolts softens and the post starts to rock. A solid railing ties each post into the deck frame with blocking and hardware so it can take a hard push. That's how we install posts on new and replacement railings.

Our weather is also hard on the top rail, which takes the most rain. Wood top rails do best with a slight slope or a cap so water runs off. Railings have height and spacing rules, and we build to them. If the railing is part of a bigger deck problem, like rot in the rim joist, we'll show you before we start.