[Melanie337]

Hi....Can someone tell me the minimum height of a railing surrounding a stairwell on the second floor of a house? I am in Canada, so it may be different from the US. I know the railing height on the stairs themselves is 32-36" in Canada. Thanks! M

 

[Gary in WA]

Look at Guardrails, here:

http://www.hpo.bc.ca/PDF/BuilderInsight/BI2.pdf

You need to check your local code here:

http://www.about-building-in-canada.com/book-building-codes.html

http://rapidlibrary.com/index.php?q=national+building+code+of+canada

Be safe, G

 

[Melanie337]

Thanks GBAR...got what I need...railing on stairs 32-36" and on second floor around stairwell, it's 36" minimum.