Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅
Can anyone explain the what and why this continuous handrail was designed, built and installed?
It is clearly unsafe (too narrow), unprofessional and wasteful.
I believe the stairway does not require a continuous handrail the full length of the stairway flight because the existing stairway has a handrail associated with the barrier, refer to NCC(2022) Part 11, Clause 11.3.5(1)(b).
I believe the stairway does not need the provision of a handrail at the top winder of the stairway as a newel post is installed to provide a handhold, refer to NCC(2022) Part 11, Clause 11.3.5(2)(c).
NCC (2022) Part 11, Clause 11.3.5(1)(b) requires a continuous handrail which must extend the full length of the stairway flight or ramp except where the handrail is associated with the barrier, in which case the handrail can terminate where the barrier is allowed to terminate. This allows for the barriers to geometric stairways such as elliptical, spiral, circular or curved stairways to finish a few treads from the bottom of the stairway.
NCC (2022) Part 11, Clause 11.3.5(2) outlines where a handrail need not be provided, this includes —
(c) a winder in a stairway if a newel post is installed to provide a handhold.
I hope one day there will a time when the home owner/insured/customer is more than a number.
WatchingStarredHistory
MembersPros
Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement My issue was resolved as the certifier waved some of my slab inspection requirements and in the end all other certificates were provided (after long drawn out process… 2 16843 We used a smaller qld builder who went bankrupt about 12 months after completion of ours. It was a shame as they were good and relatively cheap and I would have used… 3 21134 Has anyone had any experience with underfloor heating in Brisbane or a similar sub-tropical area? Specifically with in-slab hydronic on polished concrete floors, but any… 0 10792 |
