I have a waist high wall between 2 parallel staircases, that go from the 1st to 2nd floor. I want to install some type of railing on top of it. The wall is 5 inches wide.
Is this something that would need to be custom-made? Any ideas out there?
Almost all stair railing is custom made. There might be something out there that you could use, but it would have to be a generic angle that would fit most stairs and may not fit yours exactly.
I have a question, why do you have 2 staircases side by side?
The stairs go up 6 steps; there is a small landing where you make 2 right turns, then go up 6 more steps.
Believe it or not, some government organizations have detailed building codes governing residential stair railings including diameter, offset, height from tread, material, anchoring, finish, load tolerance, blah-blah-blah.
For example, here's 27,000 words governing stair rails for California.
You do know that those CA laws only apply to places of employment, right?
Yep, even padded rooms for some residents!
To many words :)
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A good lumber yard will have or can order everything you need. You may have to cut a few things to size, but it can all be done from standard components.
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