Horizontal Cable Railing Code Ontario
Here you ll find helpful information about horizontal railing codes and how viewrail cable railing products are designed to exceed those code requirements without sacrificing on.
Horizontal cable railing code ontario. The ontario building code handrails 3 4 6 5. Feeney cablerail standard cable assemblies are an attractive feeney cablerail standard cable assemblies are an attractive affordable low maintenance and easy to install railing infill option for homes and offices with a view. This is a change from the 2010 nbc which required climbability restrictions on all guards. Following are some of the building code rules that can have a visual impact on your railing design.
The 2015 national building code does note however that climbability restrictions are required for levels above 4 2 meters 13 9 above the adjacent level. Exclusive distributor for jakob architectural rope systems in canada. Deck railing code ontario. 50 carroll street toronto ontario m4m 3g3 view map.
Dia high strength weather tough type 316 stainless steel cables and are designed to replace commonly. Within the next 2 years the clause in the ontario building code that makes horizontal railing systems like the cable railing illegal will be erased from the code book. When built to code cable railing is a very safe option for railing. Handrails 1 a stairway shall have a handrail on at least one side and if 1 100 mm or more in width shall have handrails on both sides.
If you take a look at cable railing specifications provided by a company that sells components for cable railing construction such as atlantis rail keuka studios or wagner companies three suppliers of cable railing systems you ll see that the railing is really a guardrail comprised of stainless steel horizontal cables of diameters of 1. For example with regard to the horizontal cable idea above since handrails need to be designed so that they cannot be climbed by children a lot of lattice type balusters or horizontal cable or rails cannot be used in ontario. Vancouver bc v5y 1l6. Cable railing systems showcase the view with cable railing as more jurisdictions adopt the code changes set out by the national building code 2015 cable railing systems are rapidly becoming the installation of choice for stairs balconies decks.
The basics of the codes are similar with minor changes from area to area. Our standard prefabricated assemblies are made from 1 8 in. The ontario deck railing code is controlled by the ministry of municipal affairs and housing building and development branch and we at art metal workshop strictly follow it. Unlike the i codes the national building code does have climbability restrictions for guards.
The code includes regulations regarding the height spacing load etc. Toll free 888 317 9226. This means that not only horizontal cable systems are ok you can now install all the fancy scrolls laser cut steel pan.