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Stairway Intermediate Handrail
by mtCDCcb on Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:21 pm
Our building recently put in an exterior stairway that is 10' width. The stairway is secondary access to the bottom floor of our two story building. It is outside and not a required means of egress. The required width for the stairway based on occupancy is 44". We have a handrail on each side of the stairway. My question is "is an intermediate handrail required in the middle of this stairway? I am assuming yes but the code (2009 IBC) is not as black and white on the issue as it is others.
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Re: Stairway Intermediate Handrail
by Jerry Peck - Codeman on Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:28 pm
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