Beverly Municipal Inspections BN03 Building Notes（贝弗利市政检查BN03建筑笔记）.pdf

Beverly Municipal Inspections 3 0 Building Notes N A series of notes to assist the homeowner/contractor B through the permitting and construction process Rev. February 7, 2012 Handrail Graspability requirements of a Type I or Type II handrail? Unfortunately, the code is not clear on this and it is therefore left to each municipality to determine which handrail The International Residential Code profiles provide equivalent graspability. R3 contains the code requirements for graspable handrails. All In order to provide some guidance to required handrails shall be Type I, Type II builders, the following page depicts or provide equivalent graspability. several shapes that are deemed by the City of Beverly to be acceptable under the Handrails are required on at least one side provisions of International Residential of all stairs with 4 or more risers. Code R3 as having equivalent graspability. Type I: Handrails must have a circular cross section of at least 1¼” and not more Other designs that fall within the than 2. If the handrail is not circular it dimensions of the rails shown may also be shall have a per