# Angle Handrail
### Angle Run: Handrail Installation
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* Before mounting any handrail, lay out your handrail for
each run and make sure you have correct lengths
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* Measure the length of your run, or however far you
would like the handrail to extend past each bracket
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* Place painter’s tape on the area of the handrail you will
be cutting.
* Mark where you will cut the handrail on the tape
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* Use a chop saw to cut the handrail at the mark you made
* Make sure you are using a blade rated to cut your material
* Remove the tape from the end of your handrail
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* Mask off the powder coated finish near the newly cut
portion of the handrail
* Clean the exposed surface of any loose metal shavings
* If provided with your order, apply Zinc Phosphate Primer
and allow to dry (Coastal Applications Only)
* Using the supplied touch up paint, coat the exposed
metal end - more than one coat may be needed
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* If you have a metal handrail, place the end cap over
the open end of the handrail and gently tap it into place
using a dead blow hammer or rubber mallet
* You can use silicon or a similar adhesive if desired
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* Center the handrail on top of the handrail brackets
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* Clamp the handrail to the first and last handrail brackets
in a run
* On angled runs, it will be necessary to clamp the lowest
side of the bracket
Make sure the clamp has rubber padding - This will
keep the handrail in place while you drill into the handrail
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* Using a pencil, mark the bracket outline or 4 outside
holes for the handrail screws
* Once finished marking the inside posts, move the
clamps from the outside posts to the inside posts
* Repeat this process on the outside posts
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\&#xNAN;*Note: There are two holes on each side of the handrail
bracket. For a secure and stable connection, you will be
populating all four holes.*
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* Remove the clamps and the handrail
* Set the handrail upside down on a protected surface
* Remove the dome screw and then the bracket top and
place them on the upside down handrail so that they line
up with the marks made in the previous step
* Pre-drill and populate the holes of the clamped
brackets using a 13/64" drill bit and the provided
mounting screws
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\&#xNAN;*Note: Use Screw Wax to aid in drilling*
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* Attach the handrail brackets to the handrail with the
provided 3
/16" rivets
* Populate a minimum of 2 holes per side
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rivets will require you to change the rivet head
on the provided Hand Rivet tool. Using the supplied custom
wrench that came with the hand rivet tool, replace the
3.2mm rivet head with the 4.8mm option.*
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* Picking up the entire assembly, set it in place over the
posts and reattach the handrail bracket to the top of
each post
* Your handrail should now be installed
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