<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before you add the balcony rails, try adding something to visually denote the edge of each step. These are visually confusing. Beautiful carpet for flat aisles, a nightmare for someone trying to walk down the steps. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">Here’s a pic of the steps in need of railings that I mentioned earlier. </div>
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On Jul 18, 2019, at 6:25 PM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>A hand rail for using the aisle stair or a guess at foot of aisle?
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<div>Both the Life Safety Code and the International Building Code require handrails for all aisle stairs.the Life Safety Code specifically requires they be retrofitted in existing aisles. It has allowances or options for aisles that were permitted
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<div>Feel free to ask for details here or give me a call - 708-983-5792. What I really need are at least good photos if not drawings, and I think I can outline the issues and options efficiently. Retrofit is always unique. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">One of our venues is considering adding a railing to the balcony aisle steps. Which codes should we be looking at (directing our contractor to) currently?</div>
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<div>NFPA is currently looking at balcony rails, specifically sight line constrained rails. The incidents in arenas and stadiums over the past several decades initiated the study, but right now it's the same requlation.</div>
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<div>The team researching came up with two incidents in performing arts facilities over 20 years. One was ruled suicide and should not be considered. The other was in the Chicago Theatre, and in one Tribune article was labeled balcony. I'm pretty
sure I found before this was in the lobby, but not sure where. If you know of the incident in have information that can clarify, please share.</div>
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<div>If you know of other fall incidents over sight line constrained rails, please share.</div>
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<div>Thank you.</div>
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