DIY Muzata Cable Railing Review | Tips, Tricks, and Fixing Mistakes

In this video we revisit the Muzata cable railing inside and outside of our new pole barn house.
It has worked great for us and we wanted to provide more info for folks researching cable railing for their home or business.

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[larrynelson]

I found crimping with the flat section of the jaws not only crimps better, but also give you a flat section to use your wrench on.

[davidgahtan]

I used this muzata system and that little wrench is a huge headache, now 6montgs later all the cable is sagging and I'm not sure if that's common with this system or something I could do better...

[cyndidame]

great info...thanks for explaining all of he details.

[NiCk]

So I have the same setup as you. The Muzata left and right lag screw connectors. I believe I actually went with those because I saw your first video. Ive had mine on my deck right about a year now. I actually am removing all of them tomorrow and redoing them with the turnbuckle style hardware. I've found that the lag screw style just continually loosens and within a few days of snugging them up I notice a sag to the cable. I go and touch them and there is hardly any tension on the cable. I don't know if I installed someone incorrectly from the get go, but the lag screw style is not holding up for me. I feel with the turn buckle style that had the nut on it, that should help stop the cable from unscrewing. Maybe not, but I'm going to swamp them out tomorrow...

[josephbrakohiapa]

Thanks for the vid. I am curious about the 1 piece threaded bolt and cable barrel. They are already crimped on the barrel end so i’m curious if I need to un-crimp, insert and recrimp to get the 1/8 cable all the way to the end of the barrel. Tell me what i’m missing here.

[bridget]

You mention having kids. Our kids are grown but my fear with cable decking is that future little ones will be trying to get through the cable. Honestly, I also worry that our dogs will too... if they see something then try to climb through the cables. Yikes! Your Muzata Cable install looks a bit different than anything I've seen in our location. I like the black cables! I've not seen that around here. I also like the 3" spacing rather than the four. I'm sure it was more work but hey, it seems more safe that way. My question is, if you had it to do over again, would you have done anything differently?

[mechE]

What is your hand rail made of? I love the look of your total project.

Looks like 2x4 on the bottom, but what is the top part? Thanks in advance!

[markdzik]

I will be using a cable railing on my deck and I am concerned about the corner posts being pulled inward . Is this an issue I should be concerned about?

[mjmatheson]

With regards to the little wrench that Muzata includes for tightening the cable wire: Do the semi circle divots on each side of it have any purpose at all?

[chuckhiggins]

How much did it cost ? Total? Or linear foot?

[lastchancefarm]

What is the spacing on your deck posts?

[MotG-eg]

Thanks for the video. Excellent information. My deck is fairly long - 90'. Can the connectors at both ends be enough from maintaining the tension or do I need to segment the railing.

[bigjohn]

To prevent kids from climbing, You can't run wood horizontal on rails.
How can horizontal wire railing be to code?

[edfreeman]

JMU grad living in Atlanta now... miss those mountains! What is the longest length of cable that you've run from a termination post to another termination post? I can get Muzata (after 2 weeks of effort) to answer that I need intermediate posts every 4-8ft, however, they either refuse to answer or don't understand my question regarding termination post to termination post recommendations. My longest run would be ~35ft, termination post to termination post and through 6 intermediary posts.. just need to know if I should break this up into smaller runs, meaning do I need to purchase additional hardware as opposed to just running cables through intermediary posts. Thanks!

[cableguy]

Did you have to cut the coating back so it would fit in the connector?

[flipngrip]

Had a good experience recently as well! Just finished a project.

One tip on the crimp tool, make sure the dial is tight when you turn to “on”. I crimped a few without the dial being tight enough and noticed the compression wasn’t enough and the crimp didn’t hold.

[MrandMrsSmiths]

Just wanted to say thank you for putting this video together. Muzata should hire you to do all their videos!

[delphinemcnielwilson]

Wish you would have answered all the questions because now I’m having trust issues with this. I want black too and the question was asked about fading, cracking, discoloration
So the answer please!

[RiverSmallmouthAdventures]

Excellent video! I'm doing research on how to revamp my railing on a 60 year old porch that has the old style spindles and 4x4's that go up to the roof of the porch. We live in the mountains of Southwest Virginia on a river and want to see all the wildlife and Bald Eagles as they go up and down the river. This looks like our best option that I've found so far.

[jonkarle]

Thank you for the info, very good. My questions I have are:
1. what was your cost per linear foot for this?
2. What other materials are available to DIY with this cable railing?
3. What places are most reasonable cost to get them?
Thank you