The Illusions ® Vinyl Railing System™ is composed of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which is extruded, in accordance with the approved quality control manual, into prefinished railing system components. The system components are available in white, beige or gray.
The top rails with aluminum “H” shaped inserts, bottom rails, and either square or colonial-shaped balusters. The inserts are 1.73 inches (43.9 mm) wide by 3.18 inches (80.8 mm) deep, and have 0.07-inch-thick (1.78 mm) flanges and a 0.10-inch-thick (2.54 mm)
The inserts are made of Aluminum Alloy 6005-T5 meeting ASTM B 221. Four styles of Illusions ® railings are available: Traditional square balusters with rectangular top rails; Traditional square balusters with T-Rail top rails; Colonial Spindle balusters with rectangular top rails; and Colonial Spindle balusters with T-Rail top rails. The rectangular top rails and the bottom rails are 2 inches (51 mm) wide by 3.5 inches (89 mm) deep. The T-Rail top rails have a wider top, resulting in an overall size of 3.5 inches (89 mm) wide by 3.5 inches (89 mm) deep.
The Illusions ® Vinyl Railing System™ is recognized for guardrails having a maximum height of 42 inches (107 cm) as shown in Table 1.The railings provide for 3.42-inch-wide (86.9 mm) openings between the 1-1/2 inch (38.1 mm) square sections of the thermoformed hollow PVC Colonial balusters and the co-extruded hollow PVC Traditional balusters. The bottom and top rails have a 0.12-inch (3.05 mm) wall thickness, and the Traditional and Colonial balusters have a 0.08-inch (2.03 mm) wall thickness. See Figure 2 for typical component cross sections. The top and bottom rails are fastened to the supporting structure using 2.5-inch-tall-by-2.75-inch-wide (64 mm by 70 mm) nylon brackets. The brackets have four screw holes used to fasten the brackets to the supports, a resting flange at the bottom, and a fastening flange on each side with three slotted screw holes each. The brackets are designed for mounting deck railings and stair railings to fixed wall surfaces or to braced columns. |