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for use by children an additional handrail may be provided lower
than the main handrail.
b. Handrails shall provide a clearance of at least thirty eight (38)
millimeters between handrail and wall to which it is fastened.
Handrails shall be of such design and so supported as to withstand
a load of not less than ninety one kilos (91 kg) applied to any point,
downward or horizontally.
c. Handrails shall be so designed as to permit continuous sliding of
hands on them.
d. Every stairway required to be more than two hundred twenty three
centimeters (223 cm) in width, shall have intermediate handrails
dividing the stairway into portions not more than two hundred
twenty three centimeters (223 cm) in width, except that on
monumental outside stairs, two handrails may be permitted.
5. Guard Details:
a. The height of guards required by paragraphs "H" of this Section shall
be measured vertically to the top of the guard from a point on the
tread twenty five millimeters (25mm) back from the leading edge
or from the floor of landings or balconies.
b. No guards shall be required for inside stairs which reverse direction
at intermediate landings, where the horizontal distance between
successive flights is not more than thirty and a half centimeters
(30.5cm).
c. Guards shall nor be less than one hundred six centimeters (106cm)
high. Guards protecting changes in level one storey or less on
interior balconies and mezzanines shall be not less than ninety one
centimeters (91cm).
d. Guards shall be so constructed that the area in the plane of the
guard from the top of the floor, riser, or curb to the minimum
required height of guard shall be subdivided or filled in one of the
following manners:
i.
A sufficient number of intermediate longitudinal rails so that the
clear distance between rails measured at right angles to the run
of rail do not exceed twenty five and a half centimeters (25.5
cm). The button rails shall not be more than twenty five and a
half centimeters (25.5cm) from the top of the floor, tread or
curb measured vertically.
ii. Vertical balusters spaced not more than fifteen and one-fourth
centimeters (15.25 cm) apart.
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