Common-sense stair building and handrailing .. (1913)
Hodgson, Frederick Thomas, 1836- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co · leaf 130
arbitrary rule can be given forthe treatment of the plan, which must be subject tocircumstances. Every attempt should be made, how-ever, to dispense with winders, which should be intro-duced in case of necessity, when they are better placedat the top of a flight than at the bottom. All stairs… … Fig. 33.there will be no danger of a tall man striking the trimmerwith his hat on his head. There will be cases, of course,where to give so much space for head-room will beimpossible, but in ordinary stairways any less space thanthat determined will surely prove unsatisfactory. VARIOUS PLANS FOR…
Stair building · Hand-railing
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