wife spec'd some railing around the house

[odleo]

Great looking rails Did you use the new welder to do all your fab. Maybe you can share you bending technique with me some time. Tried and never ge any bends 1/100 that nice

[welder_one]

but code is code and I would have to reject it here based on the 4" rule. Take about a soft ball size and if you can pass it through anywhere, it fails.

Just my two cents as an ex-building inspector.

Leefy

hater.....

if you look past my railing and see the railing that was existing, there are places that have a 16 to 18 inch gap below it at the steps...... bought the house from HUD as a foreclosure and they required railing to be built on the outside of the brick porch and steps... alas, there are gaps on the front side that are greater than 4 inches, but the distance to the ground is less than 30 inches, therefore does NOT have to maintain the 4 inch center ruling.... the top side (the part that was built a little more old school) does not have any gaps greater than 3.5 inches because the landing is more than 30 inches above the ground..... just my 2 cents as a code inspector too *grins*

[welder_one]

Great looking rails Did you use the new welder to do all your fab. Maybe you can share you bending technique with me some time. Tried and never ge any bends 1/100 that nice

yes, that "new" machine did all the welding for that railing as well as the 6 other neighbors railings that got built after they saw mine and asked me to build them some...lol...

and yes, i can show you how to make stuff like that... wait til i get caught up and back from atlanta, and classes shall resume

[Leefy]

hater.....

if you look past my railing and see the railing that was existing, there are places that have a 16 to 18 inch gap below it at the steps...... bought the house from HUD as a foreclosure and they required railing to be built on the outside of the brick porch and steps... alas, there are gaps on the front side that are greater than 4 inches, but the distance to the ground is less than 30 inches, therefore does NOT have to maintain the 4 inch center ruling.... the top side (the part that was built a little more old school) does not have any gaps greater than 3.5 inches because the landing is more than 30 inches above the ground..... just my 2 cents as a code inspector too *grins*

Thanks for pointing out the height issue. I wasn't trying to take away from the job, I like it, I was just concerned for your liability is the only reason I mentioned it. Wisconsin requires handrails on any stairs of 3 or more risers and 24" above grade. With that the 4" rule is the rule to all spaces in the entire design (or at least it was 3 years ago when I got out of it). Again, not trying to take away anything but you know how suit happy some can be.

Leefy

[Miller B. Hemmert]

Very nice! I love to see handrail work that has a random layout. Handrails with consistent patterns look nice but I really like the creative random scrolls. It looks unique.