I am in the process of replacing my old weather beaten pressure treated pine deck boards with tigerwood. As part of the makeover, I am replacing the pressure treated railing posts with camaru and tigerwood railings, with aluminum balusters. I was originally going to attach the railing to the outside of the rim joists, but once I received the material, I am having second thoughts due to the weight...the posts alone weigh about 20 pounds a piece. Mounted to the outside means I would have 8 posts. Any thoughts as to if this is too much weight or if a bracket that allows the post to mount directly on the deck boards will be solid, like these:
https://store.decksgo.com/collections/post-anchoring-solutions/products/titan-wood-post-anchor-kit?variant=6995559612462.
Hoping never to do this again, I want to get this as right as possible.
Thanks as always.
Mike