Handrail distance from landing
Handrail distance from landing
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Can anyone tell me what the vertical distance is from the finished floor on a landing to the top hand rail? Is it 3'-6, and the top handrail on the actual stair part 2'-10 from nosing line? This is for metal stairs, using C12 x 20.7, with pour pans and deck. Thanks.






RE: Handrail distance from landing
The National Building Code of Canada says for landings, 1070mm ~42", for stairs, not less than 800mm ~32" and not more than 965mm ~38". I would check with you local building code.
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VOD
RE: Handrail distance from landing
RE: Handrail distance from landing
Good luck.
RE: Handrail distance from landing
RE: Handrail distance from landing
Also a google search on "OSHA handrail" will give you many supplier web sites that have sketches and downloadable proprietary information.
RE: Handrail distance from landing
For industrial stairs, OSHA is inconsistant in the height of the guardrails for stairs and landings. OSHA allows the stair top rail to be used as a guardrail at 36 -37". However, at landings, they require a 42" guardrail. The best (safest) solution is what the life safety and many building codes require: provide guardrail of 42" at landings and stairs and also have a continuous handrail at 36" along the stairs.
RE: Handrail distance from landing
http://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha312...
RE: Handrail distance from landing