Post Fitting Saddle M5 x 51mm with Screws

Product Description

High quality saddles for fixing stainless steel wire balustrades and rigging to timber or steel posts using screws or rivets. Supplied with 8g x 38mm Panhead 316Gr Saddle Screws 2 per Saddle

Features include:

• Suitable for coastal, marine and long service life applications.
• Designed for simple cost effective installations using either timber or steel posts.
• No special skills required for installation.
• Can be used with saddle screws 8g panhead or 6g countersunk - also can be attached using countersunk rivets

How many do I need?

Regulations for wire balustrades mostly relate to wire tension, typically the underside of a handrail will be 960mm or slightly above and so to achieve the required tension the space between wires should be around 80mm, therefore most balustrade sections consist of 11 runs. To maintain the required regulatory tension the distance between end or intermediate posts should typically be no more than 1.5 metres with a maximum run length of 7 metres if using only 1 rigging or turnbuckle screw to tighten.

For long lengths your total metre-age may be split into 2 runs - we'd reccomend trying to keep runs under 7m in length where possible as tightening up runs over 7m becomes difficult.