Hello everyone,
We are expecting a child and have an open staircase with steel stringers (see pictures).
Sorry that the pictures are not up to date: the intermediate sections are now filled with glass, as you can probably imagine.
Now I have the following problem: which type of stair safety railing could I install here? On the right side, I could attach it to the wall – but on the left side, apart from the glass elements, there is unfortunately nothing to attach to...
If I want to install the safety railing on the first step (which might be possible with some tweaking), then I would have the problem that the gap at the lowest step is too wide – meaning I would need to position the railing all the way at the bottom. Unfortunately, there is no surface to fix it on the left side there.
Do you have any ideas, or have you perhaps been in the exact same situation and found a suitable solution? I would appreciate any advice or tips!
We are expecting a child and have an open staircase with steel stringers (see pictures).
Sorry that the pictures are not up to date: the intermediate sections are now filled with glass, as you can probably imagine.
Now I have the following problem: which type of stair safety railing could I install here? On the right side, I could attach it to the wall – but on the left side, apart from the glass elements, there is unfortunately nothing to attach to...
If I want to install the safety railing on the first step (which might be possible with some tweaking), then I would have the problem that the gap at the lowest step is too wide – meaning I would need to position the railing all the way at the bottom. Unfortunately, there is no surface to fix it on the left side there.
Do you have any ideas, or have you perhaps been in the exact same situation and found a suitable solution? I would appreciate any advice or tips!
Prager91 schrieb:
As you can probably imagine, the intermediate sections are now filled with glass. To be honest, not with this design.
Prager91 schrieb:
Which type of stair railing or gate could I install here? The classic small gate (sometimes called a safety gate).
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11ant schrieb:
Honestly, not with this design.
I mean the 4 elements on the ground floor, not under the handrail toward the upper floor – here, everything is, of course, exactly as shown in the picture 😀
11ant schrieb:
The classic little gate (?)
Hmm, what exactly do you mean by the classic little gate?
Prager91 schrieb:
Mhm, what is the classic gate?The garden gate that you hang or clamp at the top of the exit to prevent a toddler from using the stairs unsupervised. Of course, it can also be installed at the bottom. It has an adjustable universal size and should be easy to find on local giveaway or classified ad platforms, but even new, it’s quite affordable.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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11ant schrieb:
The garden gate that you hang or clamp at the top landing to prevent a small child from using the stairs unsupervised. You can also install it at the bottom end, of course. It has an adjustable universal size and should be available on any local giveaway or classified ads site, but even new, it’s not expensive.Unfortunately, I can’t install it at the bottom because the steel structure is set further inward, so I no longer have a suitable fixing point. That means I could only fit the stair gate on the first step—which wouldn’t be a problem—but then I would have the issue that the lowest step is open towards the basement.
In our case, it looks pretty much like this:
The problem is that there is a 2.50 m (8 ft) open space going downwards xD
I’ve been thinking about simply covering the lowest step with a crossbar, but I haven’t found the right solution yet, so that’s why I’m asking here in the forum.
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