Patio rail system - thoughts?

[mistake_not]

Anybody got any experience of laying a patio / slabs on a rail system? I am (probably) going to do a patio later this year and contemplating using something like this. Seems like it helps with drainage next to the house and would be a lot simpler to lay (as long as the pads are on something solid).

 

Something like this: https://www.rynosystems.com/pave/terrasmart-rail/

[Big Jimbo]

I have seen it done on top of a roof balcony structure. The rails, and feet were hard plastic though. Same principal.

[torre]

For a ground level patio I'm not sure they'd be much better than tile pedestals, which are probably quite a bit cheaper.

[mistake_not]

8 minutes ago, torre said:

For a ground level patio I'm not sure they'd be much better than tile pedestals, which are probably quite a bit cheaper.

Ah yes good point. In my head I'd just lumped pedestals in together with rails as: things that support slabs and (potentially) make my life easier.

 

New question: anyone got experience of pedestals!

[Tony L]

16 minutes ago, mistake_not said:

New question: anyone got experience of pedestals!

 

Yes, but not me. I saved this screenshot from a thread on here (probably over a year ago). I think the top picture is just a marketing picture - it doesn't look very stable to me. @Russdl's work looks better.

 

 

[mistake_not]

42 minutes ago, Tony L said:

 

Yes, but not me. I saved this screenshot from a thread on here (probably over a year ago). I think the top picture is just a marketing picture - it doesn't look very stable to me. @Russdl's work looks better.

 

 

 

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