Technical Information
Latitudes® Composite Decking and Railing products are manufactured to deliver excellent durability, ease of use and performance. The following links present Materials Safety Data Sheets for the different Latitudes components, detailed technical data for each product as verified by independent testing labs, and the Latitudes limited warranty.
Latitudes Decking & Natural Railing MSDS (pdf - 180 KB)
Latitudes Composite Decking Evaluation Report (pdf - 57 KB)
Latitudes Decking & Natural Railing Warranty (pdf - 31 KB)
Latitudes Ornamental Railing Warranty (pdf - 461 KB)
Latitudes Natural & Ornamental Railing Systems Testing Summary
The structural performance of Latitudes Natural and Ornamental Composite Railing systems has been evaluated by professional engineers at an independent, third-party test laboratory. The results demonstrate Latitudes Natural and Ornamental Railing systems, assembled with a 1/4” x 1-1/2” aluminum (AL 6061-T651) insert equal to the length of the upper rail and installed according to the manufacturer’s installation instructions, with up to a 72” clear span between support posts, comply with ICC-ES AC174-06, section 5.1* for use as a guardrail system. Latitudes Ornamental Railing assembled with 2x4 rails requires a cap rail using either a 2x4 with an aluminum insert or a composite deck board, which does not require the use of an aluminum insert.
* Third-party testing did not include special loading requirements for the Standard Building Code (SBC).
Complies with the following codes and standards:
IBC-2000 – International Building Code
IBC-2003 – International Building Code
BOCA-1999 – Building Officials and Code Administrators (Reference ASCE 7-95)
IRC-2003 – International Residential Code
UBC-1997 – Uniform Building Code
Latitudes Ornamental Railing using glass balusters is a decorative railing and can only be used in those applications where a structural railing is not required by building codes.