Stainless Steel Wire Balustrades used with Wooden Newel Posts

(All the wire and fittings for the Wire Balustrades are marine grade stainless steel.)

The Stainless Steel Wire for Decking must be connected in straight lines. The Stainless Steel Wire can pass through intermediate newel posts. The wire is joined to the wooden newel posts by an End Fixing Unit. The End Fixing Unit consists of a Dual Thread screw, a lock nut and an Inside Thread Connector which is clamped (swaged) onto the wire.

A Tensioner is required if the Decking wire length exceeds 4 metres. Two Tensioners are required if the wire length exceeds 15 metres. The maximum length for a single run of Stainless Steel Wire is 25 metres. The Tensioner will replace the Inside Thread Connector at one end with the addition of a Threaded Stud and extra lock nut.

The Wire Balustrades used with Wooden Newel Posts may be used on either flat Decking or on steps.

Product Price per unit £ ex. VAT
End Fixing Unit plus clamping onto wire. These are supplied with a left and right screw so that they can be tightened when in position.	15.28	Dual Thread Screw, Lock Nut, Inside Thread Connector clamped to Wire.
4mm 1 x 19 wire	1.50 per metre	1x19 4mm Stainless Steel Wire
Tensioner Assembly Unit	17.93	Dual Thread Screw, Nut, Tensioner, Nut, Threaded Stud clamped to Wire.

Carriage free on all orders over £75. (£7 C&P on smaller orders.)

In order to make the correct lengths of wire for your Decking we will need your requirements for each section. Please fax the information below to 01628 522 541 or email to janmoorhouse@btconnect.com together with a rough sketch of the balustrading.

Section *	No. of wires per section	Wire length mm.	End fixing units per wire	Tensioner units per wire
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* Each straight wire length is a section. We need the wire lengths and fixings for each section. The wire length is the distance between the insides of the two external posts.

Assembly Instructions - Horizontal Wires . ....................................................................... Click for printable version

1. Erect newel posts.

2. Measure the distance between the insides of the first and last newel posts. This is the Stainless Steel Wire Assembly length.

3. To complete the installation of a horizontal straight run less that 4m long:
a) Mark where the wire will be attached or go through an intermediate post.
b) If the wire is to go through an intermediate post, drill an 8mm hole through this post.
c) Fix the left hand End Fixing Unit, by first making a pilot hole in the post with a 4mm drill. Then tape around the end of the "screw section" of the End Fixing Unit. Insert the "screw section" TIGHTLY into an electric variable speed drill. Then SLOWLY screw the "screw section" into the post ensuring that the "screw section" does not slip in the drill.
d) Reassemble the Left Hand End Fixing Unit.
e) Thread the wire through the intermediate posts and screw the Right Hand Dual Thread Screw into the post.
f) Reassemble the Right Hand End Fixing Unit.
g) Tighten the Thread Connectors evenly at each end of the run by hand. To complete the tensioning, tighten these with a 6mm spanner (or mole wrench protected by fabric).
h) Repeat for remaining wires.

4. To complete the installation of a horizontal straight run over 4m long, as above but the End Fixing Unit is replaced by the Tensioner Assembly Unit.

Assembly Instructions - Wire by steps.

1. Erect newel posts.

2. Measure the distance between the insides of the first and last newel posts along the path that the wire will take. This is the Stainless Steel Wire Assembly length.

3. To complete the installation of an angled wire balustrade less than 4m long:
a) First install the horizontal wire balustrade.
b) Tie a piece of string around the top horizontal wire where it joints the newel post and stretch the string across the steps at the angle you want the wire to be, and attach the string to the bottom newel post (or if there is a horizontal wire here, to the horizontal wire).
c) Mark the angle of the string on the newel post as it crosses the outside of the newel post.
d) Draw a horizontal line on the front and back of the posts.

e) Fix the left hand End Fixing Unit, by first making a pilot hole in the post with a 4mm drill. Then tape around the end of the "screw section" of the End Fixing Unit. Insert the "screw section" TIGHTLY into an electric variable speed drill. Then SLOWLY screw the "screw section" into the post ensuring that the "screw section" does not slip in the drill.
f) If the wire is to go through an intermediate post, drill an 8mm hole through the pilot hole and at the angle the string crosses the newel post.
g) Reassemble the Left Hand End Fixing Unit.
h) Thread the wire through the intermediate posts and screw the Right Hand Dual Thread Screw into the bottom post.
i) Reassemble the Right Hand End Fixing Unit.
j) Tighten the Inside Thread Connectors evenly at the end of the run by hand. To complete the tensioning, tighten these with a 6mm spanner (or mole wrench protected by fabric).
k) Repeat for the remaining wires.

4. To complete the installation of wire by steps over 4m long - as above, but the End Fixing Unit is replaced by the Tensioner Assembly Unit.

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