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Best railing height for old-fashioned-looking front porch (WAS: Okay to have different window styles?) Sasquatch 10-05-2006
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Posted by bowgus on October 7, 2006, 11:51 am

Ok ... here's pics of my design ... I obviously prefer rustic. The
balcony railing is 42" high ... that's the code here for a 2nd story,
and the lower railing is 36" high, again by the code. The thing about
the design is that by having that 6" wide beer shelf, er, top rail, the
railing has the illusion of being not so high. And speaking of high, I
find that after a few beers, placing them consistently on the railing,
gets more difficult. That 6" wide shelf, er, rail, ensures that no
beers acidentally go over the side ... and that's what I call drinking
responsibly :-)

The pics ... http://ca.geocities.com/bowgus@rogers.com/


Posted by housemouse.net on October 8, 2006, 10:49 pm
that link didn't work for me -- is the @ in the address right?
bowgus wrote:
> Ok ... here's pics of my design ...>
> The pics ... http://ca.geocities.com/bowgus@rogers.com/

I take photos of porch railings when I see great historic examples.
My experience has shown me that the stock railings seem to be
spindly-looking. Perhaps modern methods require manufacturing the
railings to be thinner.


Posted by bowgus on October 9, 2006, 3:44 pm
About the link ... links appear to me with a series of dots in the
middle. I have to click on those, and answer a skill testing question
:-) in order for the link to appear in full (am I interested in finding
out more about that? Not right now).


Posted by Kris Krieger on October 11, 2006, 4:57 pm
@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

>
> Ok ... here's pics of my design ... I obviously prefer rustic. The
> balcony railing is 42" high ... that's the code here for a 2nd story,
> and the lower railing is 36" high, again by the code. The thing about
> the design is that by having that 6" wide beer shelf, er, top rail, the
> railing has the illusion of being not so high. And speaking of high, I
> find that after a few beers, placing them consistently on the railing,
> gets more difficult. That 6" wide shelf, er, rail, ensures that no
> beers acidentally go over the side ... and that's what I call drinking
> responsibly :-)
>
> The pics ... http://ca.geocities.com/bowgus@rogers.com/
>
>

HEY! A built-in snack-dish/chip-bowl area and towel-hanger (for hot days)
conveniently located right under the beer shelf!

Cool =:-D !


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