I am putting up a deck around my pool and I'm considering my railing options. What is likely to be my most economical choice, I'm going to have about 120 feet worth of railing to put up with about 20 corners.. The drawing my city gave shows if I'm using ballusters I have to have 4" spacing on centers. I will have a 12'x16' main part of the deck, then a 2' wide deck around the rest of the perimeter of a 28' round above ground pool. The perimeter part will be in 18 sections that will be just under 5' long worth of railing per section. An alternative I'm considering is this wavy translucent plastic, but I'm wondering if anyone has a feel for whether that willl or won't be cheaper than a basic railing with ballusters.

I am in the early stages of planning to build a deck onto my house, which has Vinyl Siding. In most areas and Publications I have researched,it is reccomended not to install the ledger over the siding, but to remove the siding,and install flashing behind the ledger. I see in this websites deck Building instructions, that the ledger is installed over the sidingand washers are used as spacers. Is this for all siding and situations ,or just for specific cases. Obviously i would preffer not having to remove and trim new vinyl siding. Thanks Martin