Brass Gallery Rail

Design a Brass Railing Plan to fit your application.

How to Guidelines

Sketch how you want the brass railing to appear. This is helpful in determining design.

• Space posts equally across front.
• Position of posts is subjective. Typical spacing between posts, across front, is approximately 6” – 12” apart. This is a personal preference.
• Formula to Calculate amount of Center Posts:
  1. Divide railing length, by estimated distance between posts.
  2. Subtract 1, this equals the number of center posts.
  3. Add 2 end posts, wall mount posts or corner posts to finish
  4. If total number of center-posts is a fraction, then distance between posts will need to be adjusted to equal an even number of posts.
  
• If gallery rail will be straight, without sides, use end posts or wall mount posts, on each end, depending upon application.
• If gallery rail will have sides, use corner posts and end posts
• Please note if using sides: side-spacing often differs from front-spacing
• Gallery post-base diameter is 7/8”. Place posts a minimum of 3/8” from edge.

• Brass Rod is available in 2 lengths: 36” and 72”
• If rod is not long enough, join two rods together within a post.
• If needed, cut rod shorter with a hacksaw.
• Measure length of each straight run.
  If your design is a straight rail, with no sides, it is one run.
  However if it has more than once side, such as 3 sided it would then have 3 runs.
• To calculate total amount needed: add together total number of rods, for each run. Consider that you may have leftover rod from one run to satisfy another run.

Install Information