Lifelines are a project we have been working on for a while and finally got to this week. We have had the stanchion bases installed for weeks but only just got our custom cut poles delivered this week.
Netting up.
To buy pre made stanchions from a marine store would cost over $100/pole, way out of our price range so we improvised as we always do and made our own. We ordered 1 inch stainless steel tubing from Defender and had them cut it for us, for an extra $5 each, to 24 inches long. Then bought the stainless steel heads with the ring for on top.
Shiny.
The poles are secured in the bases by tightening two minuscule screws into the bottom, this required us to drill two notches where they would go in, plus we threw in some epoxy just to make them nice and sealed.
The hardest part about this project was getting the bases onto the deck and unfortunately we aren't quite finished. We made 8 stanchions all the way around the deck but now that we have the wire and net strung we know we need about 6 more to make it stable. Also the wire we bought was too small so this project is still ongoing.
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