Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 186
ly so that waterwill not stand on them, and a beveled top to the lower rail holds thebalusters more securely. For residences not too pretentious in styleplain balusters i£ inches square, or §xij inches when set about ij PORCHES. *»3 inches apart, make a neat and inexpensive railing. The builders… … DETAIL OF PORCH A, FIG. 160. Fig. more expensive than the other railing shown. The common size forturned balusters for porch or piazza railings is if inches. The usualheight of the rail from the floor is 2 feet 6 inches. The lower railshould be kept 2 inches above the floor to facilitate sweeping,…
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