09-02-2010, 02:22 PM
Unfortunately, my only experience with rails on piers, was with a concrete pier, not a wood one.
That said, I would venture a guess that a wood pier that carried rails, would have been designed more like a wood trestle. Stringers on the pier bents, ties on the stringers, and track spiked to the ties.....then, the "walk" surfaces ( wood plank ) would have been added. My guess would be additional stringers on the bents, for the walkways.
In other words.......the rails weren't fastened to the deck, the deck was fastened around the rails.....and you could use flex track, and contact cement that to the stringers, and add the "deck" after.
It's a thought.
That said, I would venture a guess that a wood pier that carried rails, would have been designed more like a wood trestle. Stringers on the pier bents, ties on the stringers, and track spiked to the ties.....then, the "walk" surfaces ( wood plank ) would have been added. My guess would be additional stringers on the bents, for the walkways.
In other words.......the rails weren't fastened to the deck, the deck was fastened around the rails.....and you could use flex track, and contact cement that to the stringers, and add the "deck" after.
It's a thought.
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!