Grad Rail Systems
Unique Styles built in a Snap
The GRAD Rail System is an innovative hidden fastening solution designed to make deck and siding installation faster, cleaner, and more efficient for builders and contractors. Using pre-mounted clips on durable aluminum rails, GRAD eliminates the need for individual face screws, pre-drilling, and constant spacing adjustments—reducing installation time by up to 50% while lowering labor costs. The system creates perfectly aligned boards with a sleek, fastener-free finish, while its ventilated design helps improve durability and long-term performance for both decking and cladding applications.
Mini Rails
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Ideal for Decking & Soffits
Mini Rails come as an aluminum track (also called rail) pre-fitted with our grad® clips.
Favorite use:
Decking over PT or steel joists
Siding: shiplap or battens
Soffits
Spacing between substrate and bottom of boards: 0.47"
Grad® clips are not made of your traditional plastics.
Polyoxymethylen (or POM) is an engineering thermoplastic that is often used in the production of ski boots. With great dimensional stability, high mechanical strength and rigidity, corrosion resistance, toughness at low temperature (down to 40 C = 40 F), excellent resistance to moisture, gasoline, solvents and many other chemicals of neutral pH. grad® clips can be used across a wide temperature range (up to +90 C = +195 F).
POM is a favorite across many fields in the construction industry and is recyclable.
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Start Rails
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Flexible Applications Why are clips pre-set onto an aluminum track? What does it mean? Traditional decking installations use individual clips every 16” that need to be fastened one at a time along each board to secure the deck. With grad® the clips are already there and in the right spot, there is no need to use individual clips anymore. Boards are simply snapped on the clips so you don’t need to fix boards with screws. Installation is fast, easy, straight-forward, and leaves no margin for errors. Favorite use: Decking over PT joists, steel joists, or direct over concrete Siding: shiplap or battens Soffits Fences Spacing between substrate and bottom of boards: 0.71” |
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Structural Rails
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Heavy‑Duty Rails What are structural rails? Unlike mini rails and start rails, structural rails can withstand min uniformed loading of 100 psf. This is why they are the only rails used with pedestals. The grad® system comes as an aluminum track (also called rail) pre-fitted with our grad® clips.
Favorite use: Platform decks and rooftop decks with different elevations, or direct over concrete Siding: shiplap or battens Soffits Fences Spacing between substrate and bottom of boards: 1-25/32” Grad® clips are not made of your traditional plastics. Polyoxymethylen (or POM) is an engineering thermoplastic that is often used in the production of ski boots. With great dimensional stability, high mechanical strength and rigidity, corrosion resistance, toughness at low temperature (down to 40 C = 40 F), excellent resistance to moisture, gasoline, solvents and many other chemicals of neutral pH. grad® clips can be used across a wide temperature range (up to +90 C = +195 F). POM is a favorite across many fields in the construction industry and is recyclable. URL LINK: |
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Our building material supply company was founded over 40 years ago on the principles of providing quality craftsmanship and excellent service above all else. That commitment to excellence has helped us grow from humble beginnings in Delaware to our current presence in Maryland, North Carolina, and Delaware. We value your business and look forward to serving you for all your building materials.
