Deck railings

There are three ways to mount railings: fascia, surface and wall. In architecture, the fascia mount refers to fixing an object, in this case a railing, to any relatively broad, flat, horizontal surface, to the outer edge of a cornice or frame. This is also referred to as a side mount or a joist mount. The surface mount refers to fixing the object to the part of the surface where one would walk. It can be called a deck mount, floor mount or top mount. There are also...