Hi Kimberly, sorry I haven't checked my posts in a while, otherwise I would have responded earlier. When i was talking about hanging it was for the powdercoaters. They hang all of the pieces getting coated and if you don't provide them a place to hang from, they'll make that decision for you(not a good idea). The textured powder is a good idea. The smoother and glossier the powdercoat, the more imperfections show up(not that I assume you're going to have any). When light bounces off some glossy black finish, you can see dents, scratches, grind marks, etc pretty easily.
As for bolting it into the floor alone, that kind of depends on the strength of the vertical posts and the size of the base plates. Rails are meant to be leaned on, so make sure you've got long and strong fasteners or decent sized base plates. For my out door dining rails, I use a 5" or 6" square base plate and get almost no wobble, but that sounds a little big for indoors. Can you cut holes in the floors and tie the posts into the joists? You can use a shoe on the post to hide the hole and it makes for a strong and stable connection.
Jake
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Hi Kimberly, sorry I haven't
Hi Kimberly, sorry I haven't checked my posts in a while, otherwise I would have responded earlier. When i was talking about hanging it was for the powdercoaters. They hang all of the pieces getting coated and if you don't provide them a place to hang from, they'll make that decision for you(not a good idea). The textured powder is a good idea. The smoother and glossier the powdercoat, the more imperfections show up(not that I assume you're going to have any). When light bounces off some glossy black finish, you can see dents, scratches, grind marks, etc pretty easily.
As for bolting it into the floor alone, that kind of depends on the strength of the vertical posts and the size of the base plates. Rails are meant to be leaned on, so make sure you've got long and strong fasteners or decent sized base plates. For my out door dining rails, I use a 5" or 6" square base plate and get almost no wobble, but that sounds a little big for indoors. Can you cut holes in the floors and tie the posts into the joists? You can use a shoe on the post to hide the hole and it makes for a strong and stable connection.
Jake