Planning to build a wooden balcony (1.50 x 3.30) and I have a question, how to make the railing stable enough (you don't want someone leaning against it and falling down since it's a bit of a drop to the ground).
For the floor joists, I plan to use 2x5" which will be laid lengthwise on top of 4x4" braced by supports against the wall. The posts in the railing will be 4x4".
At the ends of the floor joists, I will nail a 2x5" to form a nice frame around the entire balcony. The corner posts should be at the same level as the frame. This means that if I want to nail the corner posts into the frame for stability, I need to notch the posts, leaving a 2x2" section to be attached under the floor in the frame, which sounds a bit flimsy to me.
Does anyone have an idea of how this is usually done?
