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Posted by eds on April 11, 2006, 12:14 pm
Several years ago I was an "expert witness" on a case where a drunk student
fell over a 36" rail at 2nd floor of a rental 2 family house. He was
permanently disabled, having landed on his head. Although both a structural
engineer and I testified that the rail was up to code structurally and in
design, the jury took one look at the poor guy in his wheel chair and gave
him $16,000,000. That's why you overdesign so you can say you did everything
you could to prevent the accident.
EDS
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>>Having a discussion with a Palm Beach area designer.
>>Latest FBC - Residentail code allows 36" high balcony rails and NFPA still
>>requires 42".
>>Has anyone encountered this and if so, what direction have you taken?
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> Codes only provide you with the min. requirements not necessarily best
> practice construction. Go with the 42" rail. In Canada, we use the
> equivalent in metric which is 1100mm (round number).
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