Handrail Return Turn

[Yankee Chronicler]

Would California allow this?


There's emough room there to take one more riser around the corner, if you want/need.

 

[JPohling]

That is an exit door from the stair, not an entry door so the maneuvering clearance exception does not apply. just makes the handrail extension even that more difficult

 

[JPohling]

Code, If the distance from the extension to the wall with the door in it was greater than 48" yes

 

[arwat23]

What you're seeing is not what was approved. The approved had fewer risers at the last flight and much more room between the stair and the door. We ran into issues above that were solved by removing risers and bringing them down to ground level. Where we of course caused this problem. So we're chasing our tails a bit.

Happens all the time in my projects. There's usually one thing that causes some major headache that we couldn't have predicted.

Would California allow this?

I believe so. I don't immediately see an issue with this, assuming the rail allows the door maneuvering clearances (if required). Although you could get the risers closer to the landing. We don't need to provide rail extensions at intermediate landings, as long as the rail is continuous to the next flight of stairs. Maybe adding another riser or two before each landing will be enough to get where they need to be?

 

[Yikes]

Since this can be fixed via several options for reconfiguring the stairs during the shop drawing process, I would not try to pursue turning the handrail.

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