Level Rail - Balustrade And Handrailing
A level rail would be any part of the stairway, where the hand railing was level (horizontal or right to left). The picture below provides you with an excellent example of a level rail or railing.
Level rails can also be located at stair landings,
when a continuous handrail is required. The level rail doesn't refer to
the entire handrail system, just the top banister or rail that connects
to the balusters and newel posts.
On a continuous handrail or hand railing, it would be any section that
ran horizontal to the landing.
Stair Handrail Design Tip
Sometimes it's going to be easier to run your continuous gripable
handrailing around the perimeter of the stair landing, instead of on the
inside. Whenever you're dealing with winders, it wouldn't be a bad idea
to weigh the difference in costs of building materials and labor, for a
situation like this.
To run the handrail on the inside of a winder stair design, you could
end up with a difficult hand railing or banister design, making it
extremely difficult to build. Instead of putting the continuous
handrailing on the inside, it could be easier and less labor-intensive
to run it along the outside perimeter of the stairway.
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