installed in coastal and extreme weather environments it may be necessary to provide screw holes for additional security to the wooden deck handrail as stated previously it is preferred the present invention is composed from plastic materials as they are cheap flexible and durable however plastic materials over a period of time when exposed to extreme heat and sun may expand or deform thus in an alternative embodiment of the present invention screw holes may be provided for additional security and to prevent the present invention from separating from the wooden handrail cover it is installed on the first embodiment of the present invention as shown in fig1 would preferably have screw holes on side portion 2 in an alternative embodiment it is also conceived bottom flange 4 could possess screw holes in addition to screw holes on side portion 2 the width of bottom flange 4 would be sized to accommodate a standard sized deck screw referring now to fig2 the second embodiment of the present invention is designed to cover a two standard 2 u00d7 4 pieces of lumber that are perpendicular in an l shaped formation see fig7 the top 5 portion of the second embodiment lays flat up against the wood as does the side portion 7 the flanges 6 and 8 of the second embodiment enable the deck cover to u201c snap on u201d to the pieces of lumber as in the first embodiment the widths of flanges 6 and 8 are sized to prevent a user gripping the handrail from coming in contact with possible splintered wood beneath the plastic handrail cover as with the first embodiment the second embodiment may alternatively have.