Stair railing, does this look professional?

shogo99 · 28 Mar 2011 at 4:20 PM

This is how the transition between the stair railings looks. If I'm not completely mistaken, they're supposed to be at an even level, not with a jump of 20-25cm in height.
Is it properly installed or was someone drunk on the job?

We've filed a complaint for it to be adjusted so that it looks good, but we haven't received any response from the home builder yet on whether they intend to fix it.

Tiger79 · 28 Mar 2011 at 4:41 PM

It looks funny.

Hard to see in the picture, but why is the higher railing covering the trellis?

SBH · 28 Mar 2011 at 4:54 PM

what is the measurement up to the bottom edge on them? at the stair steps then.
the right one may have been done so that they didn't cut it because it might have looked strange when you didn't have the railing for the corner.
it probably has the right measurement at the stair step

shogo99 · 28 Mar 2011 at 4:55 PM

Here is a picture from a bit further away, as well as the other railing corner; they don't seem to have hit the mark there either

shogo99 · 28 Mar 2011 at 5:01 PM

SBH said:
what is the measurement up to the bottom edge of them? at the steps then.
the right one might not have been cut because it might have looked strange when the railing wasn't at the corner.
probably it has the correct measurement at the step

The left one is 115cm from the middle of the step below, and the right one is 103 from the middle of the step below that.
The funny/tragic thing is that it looks different in every house, there are several similar houses built in the same round.

BorgP · 28 Mar 2011 at 5:03 PM

Oh no!
Complain!
There is a specific measurement for mounting staircase railings, but common sense can be activated too, right?

mulpac · 28 Mar 2011 at 6:37 PM

shogo99 said:
The left one is 115cm from the middle of the step below, and the right one is 103 from the middle of the step below it.

But what if you measure the upper part a little further up the stairs then? If you look at the stringer, you can see that it becomes less steep when the stairs go out into the corner. I don't know how they usually do it in new houses, but in the older houses where I checked how the railing is placed, they have used curved railings so they have the same shape as the stringer.

Farzan · 29 Mar 2011 at 8:30 AM

mulpac said:
If you look at the stringer, you can see that it becomes less steep where the stairs go out into the corner. I don't know how it's usually done in new houses, but in the older houses where I have checked how the railing is attached, they have used curved railings so they have the same shape as the stringer.

I was wondering about that too. I don't know if it has to be exactly like in the pictures, but it must look a bit strange somewhere if you have straight handrails on such a staircase. Even height over the steps is definitely not achievable no matter how they mount them.

Immobil · 29 Mar 2011 at 9:01 AM

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 tolerate the fact that they do not align in the corners when you have straight handrails.

Marlen Eskilsson · 29 Mar 2011 at 9:07 AM

Are you sure about that Immobil? I think it looks completely crazy. Which house manufacturer builds like this?

Immobil · 29 Mar 2011 at 9:21 AM

Yes, with straight handrails, you can never get it to align in the corner. When installing the lower handrail, you often have to compromise a bit and not strictly adhere to the 900 millimeters.

oskis 123 · 29 Mar 2011 at 9:23 AM

Immobil said:
The top edge of the handrail should be 900 mm above the front edge of the step.
Technically, the lower handrail should be lower than the upper one. You have to put up with them not aligning in the corners when you have straight handrails.

Is it stated in any regulations that absolutely cannot be deviated from?
Then one might think that you shouldn't have to "put up" with ugly end results. Especially not when it looks like in the thread....

Marlen Eskilsson · 29 Mar 2011 at 9:24 AM

You mean that the practice is still to ensure that the mentors align?

Immobil · 29 Mar 2011 at 9:28 AM

No, it's not possible with straight handled supports. 900 mm is widely accepted among staircase manufacturers.

shogo99 · 29 Mar 2011 at 9:33 AM

The strangest thing is that it looks different in all the houses produced in the same etappl, it feels like they have simply installed them without measuring anywhere.