Digital BW, The Print

Austin,

The NFPA 101 applies to all buildings except most private residential. See
my other post.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 9:51 PM
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Thoughts about Stairs... ;-)


> > Roy,
> >
> > This si not correct, the National Fire Protection Association, Life
Safety
> > Code 101 limits a riser height to no more than 7". So to obtain a riser
> > height of 7.5" would be a violation of national codes. ;-)
> >
> > Mike
>
> Mike,
>
> Limits it for who?  Not for residential, at least in my state!  You can go
> as high as 8".  I just finished doing a set of stairs...and it was 8", but
> with the number of risers I had, we moved it down to 7 9/16 rise (9 1/2
run,
> 18 risers), and it's much more comfortable than it would have been with 8"
> risers.
>
> Here is an on-line calculator BTW:
>
>
http://www.daveosborne.com/dave/articles/staircalc.php?PHPSESSID=5f073a3276e
> c46b29af476457552610f
>
> Regards,
>
> Austin
>
>
>
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