julianthegypsy
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I've been asked to build a stair rail for a set of outside steps up the side of a Cotswolds stone barn. I can fabricate them easily enough, but I'm not sure on regulations. There are 13 steps of average 8" rise and each step is roughly 9.5" wide and it's a 40 degree angle. I was going to put uprights on every other step, starting on the 1st step, which resolves nicely at the top. The platform at the top is 47" long, so I was going to put a separate bar with two uprights on the end, and the customer wants a removable bar at the side, for getting things like bedframes in. The loft is now a studio and the steps were added 30 years ago but the conversion was never signed off due to the absence of a stair rail.
I was thinking of using 14mm square bar for the uprights and standard 50mm convex top rail. The customer is thinking that the uprights should be leaded in, which is something I've not done before but am willing to have a go at!
Have I got it completely wrong? Any advice from the hive mind would be greatly appreciated.
The customer wants it as simple as possible, so the focus is on the lovely cotswold stone barn rather than the stairs, so no wrought iron twiddlery. I'm more concerned with building regs for these things and have no idea where to start looking!
I was thinking of using 14mm square bar for the uprights and standard 50mm convex top rail. The customer is thinking that the uprights should be leaded in, which is something I've not done before but am willing to have a go at!
Have I got it completely wrong? Any advice from the hive mind would be greatly appreciated.
The customer wants it as simple as possible, so the focus is on the lovely cotswold stone barn rather than the stairs, so no wrought iron twiddlery. I'm more concerned with building regs for these things and have no idea where to start looking!