John and Matthew look at how a project by Battersby Howat effectively combines a staircase with millwork storage.
Today’s Slides:
Steve in Van
For a slight variation on this beautiful stair theme, see BH’s Schwartz residence at http://www.battersbyhowatt.com (the system’s not allowing me to upload an 83K jpg here). Both have this minimalist guardrail — very graceful, but does it meet code?
FYI, the jealous guys at BUILD LLC have posted their ‘Ridiculous Stair Awards’ (http://blog.buildllc.com/2012/01/ridiculous-stair-awards/). A comment there says stairs that don’t meet code may be allowed (as sculpture!) if there’s another code-compliant stair to the same level. Any insight?
Thanks again for another great month! The focus on stairs and their detailing has been very helpful.
Steve in Van
I seem to have input the links incorrectly. The first is battersbyhowat.com (1 ‘t’), and the second is the Jan.27 post at blog.buildllc.com. They’re worth a look. :)
Dave
Steve, typically these stairs are not code compliant due to the guard that is missing. BCBC 9.8.8.1
Guards are not required, though, for interior stairs which has 2 risers or less. BCBC 9.8.8.1.3)
I am not aware of being able to build non-code conforming stairs, even if you have another set in the house that is conforming. What architects usually do (I have asked them) is that they put a temporary guard in to pass final inspection and then remove it or they do not have a final inspection as all.
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