Interior Stairs Railing Height, Missing Handrails Are Now A Required Repair In Minneapolis Star Tribune

A hand railing must be installed of there are a series of steps rising more than 30 inches from ground point.

Interior timber stairs. Codes require railings against a wall to be between 30 inches and 38 inches high while handrails on open stairs must be 34 to 38 inches high. When designing or building a staircase we focus mostly on the big things more exactly the actual staircase and we tend to ignore the details such as the railing forgetting that theres a building code which we need to respect. Maximum 12 3 vertical height rise for a flight of stairs.

While many of your home projects such as simple paint jobs or changing the flooring dont concern building codes jobs like installing stair railing or plumbing do. How to measure for staircase handrail height. Installing a handrail for your stairs should be done as a general rule wherever there are 4 or more steps.

Guard and stair railing height are dictated by the building codes. Minimum 10 inch stair tread depth with nosing or minimum 11 inches with no nosing. Stair railing height when it comes to measuring your stair railing you should take a look at the building codes for stair rails.

Maximum 7 34 inch stair riser height. To meet building code requirements the stair railing should be mounted so that the top of the handrail height is 34 to 38 in. The way this is measured is to begin at the leading edge of the stair nosing and run an imaginary vertical line upward until it reaches the top of the railing.

If a staircase has risers equal to or more than 30 inches in height a hand railing needs to be installed at 36 to 37 inches from the top of the tread. A guard is in place to prevent an accidental fall. First determine whether you are dealing with a handrail or a guard.

Above the front edge of the stair nosings. A handrail is in place to provide guidance on a stair. The height is measured vertically above the walking surface or the line that connects the nosing of a set of stairs.

Measure railing height from the bottom of the ground at each step to the top of where the handrail will be located. It is required when you have two or mores risers on ramps with a rise greater than 6 inches. Handrail height to be placed a minimum 34 inches to 38 inches.

Handrail height on the stairs should be no less than 34 inches and no greater than 38 inches. This refers to the tops edges of the handrail and not the lower edge. Since guards must also be provided at stairs that have a drop of more than 30 inches they are allowed to be at a height of no less than 34 inches when the guard does not act as a handrail.

Handrail height is the height of the handrail in relation to the stairs. In addition to finding the studs you have to make marks at the top and bottom of the stairway to indicate the standard railing height of the rail above the stairs.