2026-09-20 00:45 UTC
@jerzone@techhub.social Menards (i.e., Midwest regional Home Depot) has a nice planning app that basically makes everything into a delivery order – and this was one of the options. The panels and channels are prefab-ish, yes, but you still have to cut everything to fit with an angle grinder. Whole lotta fiddling around.
They ended up looking nice, but I think I'd do cables if I was doing it again.
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@jerzone@techhub.social 2026-09-20 09:40
@swansonite@twit.social That was wife's first pick and where I've spent the most time researching. I'd start filling a cart with parts and realize one or more vital pieces weren't carried on the box store website. Ditch that, try another brand, hit similar issue with it. Too à la carte. One friend says his needs to be adjusted too much, but that's all I know about it. Now she's interested in the fence grid type. I'm kind of partial to thin aluminum rail/baluster kits, no wood, and mostly no plastics.