Architecture - Re: Best railing height for old-fashioned-looking front porch (WAS: Okay to have different window

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Re: Best railing height for old-fashioned-looking front porch (WAS: Okay to have different window

Don

2006-10-05, 9:25 pm

"Sasquatch"> wrote
> What is the best railing height for an old-fashioned-looking
> wrap-around front porch? Here's a link so you can see the porch in
> question:
> http://www.mynewoldhouse.com/house/...levationLRG.gif
>
> How about 30"? The code for most areas is 36". But, like I said, we
> do not have to follow code because or porch is close to the ground.

The ground is pretty hard to a drunk, especially the next morning, and even
more so when he does a somersault backwards over a 30" railing. LOL

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