Tile Assemby Directions - Part 3 - Railings

Railing (cleat) for both tile backs and for display:

These are long strips of plywood to be used in large displays. It is the exact same railing as the ones glued to the back of the tiles except it is in a long strip. (See 2Railings_Cleats and 2TilesWithCleatsBottomView photos.)

Plywood strips should be cut from 4 ‘x 8’ boards so that strips are 8’ long. (See Long Cleat1 photo.) Drill holes all the way through the wood at approximately 2 foot intervals to prepare them for screwing into a wall or other structure. Paint the top and side surface white to blend into white walls in case they show. (See 2TilesOnCleats2 photo.) These strips are versatile enough to allow for display in many locations and can be cut down as needed for any particular display area.

To screw railing to the wall for an exhibition, make sure that you follow the spacing for each railing in the 4-up arrangement (see below). The Mission Cultural Center1 photo is an example of a wall arrangement. The CCSF_Rosenberg2002 photos show the railing arrangement suspended on a chain inside a display case. In this construction a thin piece of lath was screwed at a 90 degree angle on the back of the railings to keep them in place. Railing stored safely in between exhibitions can be used indefinitely.