Stair railing, does this look professional?

[Dalbotant]

But... In the double image there, it actually looks better in the lower image, I might not have thought much about that. In the upper one - it can't be 900 at the upper lower edge of the lower rail and 900 at the lower lower edge of the upper rail. (Did anyone understand?) To my eyes, it looks like there's a huge difference. TS also writes that it looks different in all the newly built houses, so I get the feeling that they are placed a bit randomly?

 

[Immobil]

The fact that it looks different in the houses may be due to different installers being on the job.

 

[sblixten]

The fact that it's different in the different houses indicates poor quality in the assembly work. The same staircase should not look different just because there was a different assembler. The assembly instructions must not have been followed.

Moreover, Immobil has confirmed that it should actually be the other way around:

The top edge of the handrail should be 900 mm above the front edge of the step. Ideally, the lower handrail should be lower than the upper one. You have to live with the fact that they don't align at the corners when you have straight handrails.

So as I understand it, it looks bad and is wrong according to practice.

 

[mulpac]

In addition, Immobil has confirmed that it should actually be the other way around:

It seems like a typo, or perhaps he just meant that the lower one should be set lower to fit in the corner. If you take straight handrails and mount them in a curved staircase so they sit at the correct height in the straight parts of the staircase, the upper handrail is too low in the corner, while the lower handrail is too high in the corner, just like in the pictures.

 

[Immobil]

Well, there was a bit of a mistake there, I see now. :blushing:
I meant that the lower one is positioned way too high in relation to the upper one.

 

[Vidar]

Recognize that from my parents' house. When I (then 12-13 years old) pointed out that it looked strange, the carpenter sourly replied that the stair manufacturer didn't make railings that turned like the stringers.

How hard can it be to cut a piece of wood so it bends the right way? (as a craft teacher, it's easy to get upset when you see things like this...)

 

[Immobil]

The staircase manufacturers who deliver winder handrails do as follows:
While the stringer is being sawn/milled, an additional ~ 100 mm is added to the top of the stringer. Then, they cut the handrail from the stringer and mill it into any desired shape.

 

[gaia]

The manufacturers of stairs that deliver wreath-shaped handrails do it this way:
At the same time as the stringer is cut/milled, they add ~100 mm to the top of the stringer. Then they cut the handrail from the stringer and mill it into any desired shape.

actually easy to get it perfect and nice but if you're chasing production costs, it's cheaper with a straight plank
gaia