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   baseboardking | Jul 29, 2003 12:58am | #1

   Rake rails should be 34" plumb from nosing. A continuously graspable handrail is required on one side.

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   JerraldHayes | Jul 29, 2003 01:30am | #2

   You might want to checkout this document. It's the Visual Interpretation Of The International Residential Code-2000 Stair Building Code it doesn't apply everywhere but it's a good standard and it's a great document in terms of it "understandability".

   Check page 8 for answers and pictures to the questions you are asking

   Is the handrail supposed to be 36 inches tall at the nose or the middle of the tread? 34" to 38" measured vertically from the nosing of the treads. Mile's of trim's 34" fits the bill but the actual height is something of a subjective decision. For instance on a curved stair using a standard straight easing to turnout that ends on the bottom step anything above 34" on the rake makes the newel under that turnout way too high to be visually appealing.

   Also, do I need an unbroken rail from top to bottom. Yes see photo 21 "All required handrails shall be continuous the full length

   of the stairs with two or more risers from a point directly

   above the top riser of a flight to a point directly above the

   lowest riser of the flight."

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