Safety with stair rails inside two storey home


Smurfy , Tuesday, 24th of August 2010 03:29:04 PM

my mum has a stair well inside her two storey home and would like to make 
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it safe for her first grandchild.

we can get a gate to go at 
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the top of the stairs to stop bub from getting on the stairs that way.
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/>but around the stair well mum has railings all around it. a lady and baby 
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visited her a few weeks ago, and that baby CRAWLED THROUGH THE RAILS and if 
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mum had not seen baby and DIVED to the floor to grab him, he would have 
fallen straight through into the stair well.

understandably 
mum is very distressed about this and would like to buy something to make 
it safe for children in future.
any ideas??
they are to 
standard, we've had two builders inspect them to make sure when the house 
was built only a few years ago. thank you for the plywood advice, we will 
definitely look into this.
 
 
 
 
 

babe`ster , Wednesday, 25th of August 2010 07:21:12 AM

You can put tie wire between the bars so the baby will not have  
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access to the space between the bars and that tie wire will hold up  
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BaBy-ChEeKs , Thursday, 26th of August 2010 12:30:41 AM

i agree with Keith he is right and you need to make it up too  
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code for the safety of all the people that go to your pad not just your  
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child i fell you should get a handyman in there or a contractor to fix  
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this problem or you could run plywood around it so there is no more opens  
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Babi Bash!! , Friday, 27th of August 2010 09:10:21 PM

Here the spacing between spindles can be no greater then 4.5  
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inches.  
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The cheapest thing that can be done would be by blocking both the top and  
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bottom. This can be done with plywood or some type of gate hinged to the  
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wall with hooks on the stairway post. Depending on the width of stairs,  
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some folding gates are available. Check local hardware store.  
 
 
 
 
 

Geezer Gums , Saturday, 28th of August 2010 07:14:57 AM

if the baby crawled between the spindles,your stair rails are  
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not to code.stair rail codes specify that no opeing from floor to top rail  
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may be big enough to pass a 4'' sphere though  
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railing.  
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this code is primarily due to the average size of the circumference of an  
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infant is head as not to get caught causing  
strangulation ,broken neck,hanging  
 
 
 
 
 



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