Simple Porch Railing Build 

Building tips and schematics for this railing at metaspencer.etsy.com

This is literally the best video I have seen re bannisters. I am 61 years young and with your explanation, I believe I can do this myself. Thank you so very much.

❤ we are making this plan but with posts we don’t have columns. It is easy and cheap and looks awesome thank you for helping others! You rock!

This is a great help to me. I'm returning the prefab fence I bought and will rebuild my porch with this simple and easy design. Just what I needed to see. The pdf's are great. Thanks

I did it dude!!!! I’d love to send you a pic of the finish project once I paint it!!!

Hi, we built our verandah rails on the weekend. It’s absolutely brilliant so thank you so much for your video. Mandy & Pete, South Australia

This is perfect! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks 😊

I really like this video--direct and looks doable. We rebuilt my porch last year, but haven't gotten around to putting up the railing. It's now on the list for this summer and I'll refer back to his video! It's a house built around 1920, so it has some quirks.

Thank you for an awesome video I just finished putting a railing on my porch and it looks amazing thanks to you. I copied you exactly even down to the little support pieces. It looks great and my wife is happy. The wood I used was still a little bit moist because it was pressure-treated so I should be painting it in a couple of weeks.

Wow I Love It!! Awesome Job, Thanks For Sharing!!

hi ! just wanted to thank you very much for your video. I have followed the steps and applied the steps to add railings on my mezzanine. I took a lot longer because this was my first time but it turned out great. Thanks and keep doing cool videos, they really help !

Great build dude. Simple yet genius, somewhat. Im' gonna copy your railing. Thanks for the idea.

My dad passed away before we could tackle the railing on our house. He was planning to teach me carpentry so I could do projects to improve the house over time. He was a carpenter of 43 years and passed away this past August. I have been dreading this, thinking it would be too complicated for me to learn but you gave me hope that I could even achieve this by myself. Thank you so much for this instructional video!

I can tell you have been doing this kind of work for a while because you are really good! Love all the tips!

Really awesome job and great video. I learned a lot and looking forward to building my own porch fence

Beautiful! Love it! ❤

Thanks, that gave me an idea for when I have to replace my railings.

Looks great, I will be attempting this same project this summer!

A big difference with minimal materials! Great result 😀😀

I need to complete my Porch this way. Thanks for showing me how.

Beautiful! The railings make the porch look so much more substantial and really part of the home! I'll add this to our list of "someday" projects :)

Nice and simple ! I was thinking of avoiding the rails on my low deck but now I see its not too complicated and will add them. Cool !!

Good video. Thanks. I do the same thing with cavities. I usually place a dollar in a cavity and sometimes make a note as to the date, what's going on such as weather, Superbowl, Pandemics, things like that. I assume one day somebody will dismantle whatever I build and get a chuckle from what they find. Amazing you and I think alike. I like the video and I am about to build a railing around my front porch. My house is old (built in 1941). I totally re-furbished the house (10 years working on it). Thanks

Great job . Love it !

beautiful

VERY nice work. Couldn't help but notice that the balusters for the front railing at attached to the outside while the ones on the short side railing are on the inside. 🤔

Good video. We too place a "time capsule" in every home improvement job.

Looks great! My only concern is the bottom part of the railing is going to catch and hold water. This would eventually lead to wood rot. Other than that, everything looks great! 👍 Thanks for sharing!

Very clear and precise explanation looks easy . This video is totally helpful, quick to watch and great job👍👍👍

Thanks learnt a few good tips to help my house renovation in Lithuania.

You make it look so easy! Actually, it probably IS easy, because you're a pro! Very impressive.

Thanks dude! Railings are not cheap, but your method saved me hundreds!!

Great video!

Very cool. Simple and functional

Thank you sooooooo much i was able to built one using your video now the house looks much better👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

very simple and affordable. good job!

Wow bro! So simple but sleek! You did a great job explaining this process! We will be doing this on our rear deck very soon!

Great work as always

Good video and commentary. I am about to tackle the same job on a small side porch with aluminum awning. Thinking of going with 2 tone using cream top and bottom plates with white ballisters for some contrast which will match exterior of my house. I can always repaint the ballisters if I don't like it. I like to paint pieces individually to seal end grain of each piece and with 2 different colors, I like a clean new look with no over run. At least it will look good until it needs new paint.

Best video I’ve seen for this project thanks for sharing 😄

That channel in the bottom of the rails is a great collection point for water and dirt.

Great, easy, attractive project . . . . Good job! . . . . . . Rog

Outstanding…. Building one soon. This helped, thank you

great video man! keep them coming!

Nice work, quick and simple gonna make my post that way ....

Beautiful

I also appreciate your adding local code info... 36" high and 4" between ballisters!

Wow looks amazing

This was Amazing. Watching you Blaze through this job gave me such joy and I even got a false sense of we (the hubby & I) can do this!!🙄 But I Know better than that (especially since it involves power tools😔). I do so badly want to enclose my open front porch some, but I think we're gonna stick with a professional, like yourself!!!

Thanks for putting in the code requirements. Totally blanked out on those.

I love this I used this idea on my house and looks wonderful I got ride of my sunroom and added this nice porch love it and I love how you put the dollar in the porch brilliant idea I did that Int last house I left 100 dollars in my garage hopefully they got it. :)

absolutely Beautiful and easy

This is EXACTLY how I want the rails on my little small porch! I watched several times before I asked my husband to watch. Then I sent it to my son. Hopefully they will build it for me this summer! THANK YOU! Your tutorial was easy to understand! You really do make it look easy!

It looks beautiful 😍

Nice! I was looking for a way to repair my railing. This helps.

Excellent! Thanks!

Thank you for this video!!!

I love it! Going to do this for ours....we are selling and had a pre-sale inspection and the only thing we were dinged on was no railing

thank you for the video and info

Very nice and you made it look so easy! I hope you'll do a project to replace that lattice skirting and make a video of that as well.

Great stuff man

Came out nice

Looking good 👍 Manof many talents

Great video 😀this show is better than this old house... thank you

Nice work, cool dog and amusing superstition filling the empty newel.

Great job

True Craftsman!

Nice work

very nice!!

Very nice work... Keep up

New subscriber. Fantastic video Sir. You were excellent in your explanation and demonstration of this project. Thank you now I'm more confident to try. Blessings.

Good job 👏

Great video

Very very good sir you did an excellent job I was thinking about well I am going to do my front porch as well this year and you made it so simple real easy I might not put a dollar in that case I might put $10 in there that was very good I like that very good job.

Exelente trabajo.. te quedo bien chingon . Compare.. saludos y ya tienes otro subscriptor.. mis respetos para ti..

Genius! :-) Thanks

you are amazing. I love it

I love it. That is exactly what I want. I will use pocket holes. My problem is I am doing it on cement and round PVC posts. Lowes sells hardware to attach the wood to. Never heard of your superstition, very nice... Thanks so much it came out perfect

Well done. You could also leave the post top off and turn it into a flower pot holder of some kind. : )

This is an incredible - and whats more DIRECT - video that explains what you did, how long it took, and how you did it. Top-flight video, thanks! Love the superstition thing - is it for the brownies or what?

Saludos it turn out great and it looks like you didn't spend a lot of money.

Your a real carpenter, I'm a pretender but I still have to come up with railing for my 20'x20' porch, ugh !

It looks perfect.👍

Awesome Idea! but my OCD is going wild cuz you put those uprights on the outside and on the short part of the hand rail connected to your house you put them on the inside haha but looks awesome man!

Seems easy enough, I guess it doesn't matter if the rails are inside one one side and outside of the other. Theis turned out nicely.

Great job. wish you lived near me..

Nice house

for the max 4" space between ballusters i just always go 3.5". make sure first one or post is plumb of course, then just hold up the 2x4 and place your balluster next to it, pop a finish nail to temp hold it and keep moving. check for plumb every 4 or 5 ballusters as you install. pretty fast. and to me looks better than 4" spacing. i know not that big of a difference but just my personal preference. when it comes to railing height, openings id rather know im over code than being right on bc that leaves some room for error if you get someone out there that wamts to be an engineer and says you are an 1/8 low from 36" haha

If I paint the railings, I always paint the balusters first in bulk with a roller, THEN cut them to length and install. It saves a lot of time on the other end.

I like it, other videos recommend not having a grove at the bottom that traps water that will rot the wood.

I want to do this to my patio.

Great video, it has inspired me to try this job myself. I’m new to code, where can I find the height requirements? Thanks again.

Nice project, but I too noticed your baluster "botch"... probably would look nicer to have all the balusters on the porch side of the rail so the assembly points aren't visible when looking at your house from the street/sidewalks. Thanks for sharing. BTW... are those OSHA approved steel-toe crocks?

That bottom horizontal rail is going to rot so fast. Between each baluster is cup that'll hold water after every rain or snow melt. And did I miss the reason why you put the balusters? On the outside of the first rail section, but on the inside of the second rail section that runs between the house and the corner post.

I love the idea of putting the money in the void. Imagine those people finding that ancient money when they replace that stuff after 100 years

@metaspencer One of the best video for railing. However, I would suggest listing the wood type used, what are the measurements, what kind of nails or screws, what kind of paints? Why not painting first then assemble? Does the PDF on esty include the info? Thank you so much

Hi! This is awesome! I'm gonna try doing this asap! I am also planning on wrapping my tall 4x4 posts with 1x4 & 1x6 cedar planks. Should I wrap the posts first THEN, add the railings? Also, what size screws you suggest for attaching the 2x4's to house and the tall posts? Thanks in advance!!

Hi! New subscriber here! Love the project! I was looking for an alternative pricing for porch railings. If you don't mind me asking, how much will I spend on wood for this project?! Please and Thank you!

Do you have a video on showing how you also built the stair rail for this?

For the piece you connected to the siding, did you end up caulking around that area? I'm new to any carpentry work so excuse if that's a newb question lol