Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 305
taircases the height is sometimes reduced to 2 feet 4 inches,but for steep stairs it should never be less than 2 feet 6 inches. Therail should also be raised over winders, especially those of a steep pitch. On the landings the height of rail should be equal to the height ofthe stair rail measured… … an oblique angle, as in Fig. 300. At the angle posts the rails, if madestraight, will strike the post at different heights on the opposite sidesof the post, and to overcome this the rail is often ramped^ as shown in Fig. 299, the height ofthe ramp being made suchthat the rails on each sideof the…
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